🚀 Docker LAMP Stack

A complete LAMP stack running in Docker with PHP 8.4, MySQL/MariaDB, phpMyAdmin, and MailHog for email testing.

📦 Stack Contents

PHP 8.4 includes:

• imagick
• pdo_mysql
• pdo_sqlite
• bcmath
• mysqli
• curl
• zip
• mbstring
• gettext
• calendar
• exif
• soap
• freetype
• poppler-utils (PDF -> PNG)

Additional services:

• Apache 2
• MySQL or MariaDB (latest)
• phpMyAdmin
• MailHog (captures outgoing emails)
• Persistent volumes for data and logs

✉️ Email Testing with MailHog

MailHog captures all outgoing emails inside Docker.

PHPMailer SMTP configuration

$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'mailhog';   // Docker service name
$mail->Port = 1025;
$mail->SMTPAuth = false;
$mail->SMTPSecure = false;

View captured emails at:
👉 http://localhost:8025

🛠 Installation

git clone https://github.com/Peterbins/Docker-lamp.git
cd Docker-lamp/
sudo docker compose up -d

🌐 Service URLs

Service URL

---

Website http://localhost phpMyAdmin http://localhost:8080 MailHog http://localhost:8025

🔄 Start / Stop Commands

Stop the stack

docker compose down

Start the stack

docker compose up -d

Rebuild containers

docker compose up -d --build

📁 Project Structure

Docker-lamp/
│
├── bin/
│   ├── webserver/       # PHP + Apache build
│   └── mysql/           # Database engine build
│
├── config/
│   ├── php/             # php.ini
│   └── vhosts/          # Apache VirtualHosts
│
├── data/                # Persistent database files
├── logs/                # Apache & MySQL logs
└── www/                 # Public web root

ℹ️ Additional Information

• MailHog does not send real emails --- all messages are captured locally.
• Perfect for development, testing, and local PHP/LAMP projects.