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--- php_server [2025/10/29 02:06] – added the content MediocreMetastasis
+++ php_server [2025/10/29 02:17] (current) – MediocreMetastasis
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 ====== Setting up a server to run php code ======
-==== Download Docker ====
+===== Download Docker =====
 Follow instructions on this page
 [[https://docs.docker.com/get-started/get-docker/|Docker Installation]]
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 </code>
-==== Set up Directory ====
+===== Set up Directory =====
+Create the files and folders shown below
 <code ->
 |-public-html/
-| |-
+| |-index.php
+| |- ...
 |-docker-compose.yml
 |-DockerFile
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 </code>
-==== Edit files ====
+public-html/ is self explanatory. It's all the files the user will be able to access. That being .php files, .html files, stylesheets and javascript code, ect.
+docker-compose.yml and DockerFile will hold the code to initialize the server. They're like a bash script.
+php.ini is the config file for your php server. this let's you change parameters and enable extensions like sql.
+===== Edit files =====
 Edit the DockerFile and run this command:
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 RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
 </code>
+Some of this code sets up the .htaccess file that is included in the public-html/ folder
 You also want to edit the docker-compose.yml file and paste in this code:
 <code ->
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 You can also edit the 2 docker files to let you run a sql server alongside your web server.
-==== Build and Activate Server ====
+===== Build and Activate Server =====
 open up a terminal located in your directory and run these commands: