Docker + PHP

Welcome to THE ONLY COURSE made specifically for PHP developers who want to learn Docker

"The course and explanations are crystal clear. One of the best Docker courses I've ever seen" - Aymane

Docker Compose File · PHP Dockerfile · NGINX Configuration

Volume Mounting · A Basic Application · MySQL

Composer · A Development Build · Environment Variables

Redis · Xdebug · Multi-stage Builds

Push to a Container Registry · Github actions

Multiple Docker Compose Files · Symfony Version · Laravel Sail

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Course Introduction

In this opening video, I'll tell you the aim of the course, what we are going to produce, and also what you'll need to get started.

PHP Dockerfile

Containers are built using something called an image. The image is a blueprint for the container.

Q: But how do you create the image? A: You use something called a Dockerfile.

Multi Stage Builds

Multi stage builds enable you to build different images from the same Dockerfile.

These images can be created for different purposes and different environments, as we showed with our dev build.

This is what people have had to say about the course.

Crisp, on point, excellent language, excellent content - Martin Komischke

I like very much Gary's teaching style and presence - Bastien Sandoz

Instructions are clear and precise, with just enough attention to details. Questions posted in comments are likely to be answered which these days isn't that obvious. - Dmitrij Schmidt

It is straight to the point - Akshay Chandran

I really appreciate you recording these lessons! I like your delivery style which makes understanding complex stuff approachable. - Brian Seymour

The course is precise and straight to the point - John Onyango

Excellent information provided, thank you! I am looking to dockerise some of my Laravel applications at work and this has helped tremendously. - Christie

I started this course because it was free and I wanted something to do while waiting for some money to get the PHP Framework Pro course. I didn't imagine I would get this much value from a free course. The information it delivers is really useful and now I finally feel like I actually understand Docker -Gerson Corderol

This was a great hands-on course, I really liked it - Lucian

I got a lot of new knowledge and up'd my level in Docker - Yechen B

Easy to follow and practice, simple to understand - Nacim

Perfection - Vincent Verzosa

The way Gary explains is really clear and answers all the questions that pops into my head while I'm watching it. I haven't got to the end of a video without getting a clear explanation of what's happening and why - Gerson

I have been putting off using Docker because the information on how to set it up was so vague. This course gave me the ability to use Docker and to be a better programmer because of it - Mr J

Great content and an excellent way to explain it - Uriel Cid

The course and explanations are crystal clear. One of the best Docker courses I've ever seen - Aymane

Covers the topics I have been looking for answers on - Collin Leverette

I want to learn from the best. Gary is a great teacher, his explanations are simple and clean. Thank you for your work - Alpet Gexha

Gary has always been both knowledgeable and easy to understand - Nathan K

Clear explanation with no fluff, exactly what I was looking for. - Luka

Easy to follow. Yahya

I have most of Gary's courses. They are awesome, as is this one - Mark Corrigan

It was clear information, each lesson built on the last. - Jeremy McKay

I'm fully satisfied with explanations and provided material in every lesson - Dusko Varicak

Gary gave the daily recipe for developer / programmer work in detail. - Burak Bingollu

Practical and easy to follow instructions - Faraz Samapoor

Especially as a beginner you learn a lot. - Marjan Zmarlak

Just what I was looking for!! - Maxi Cardozo

I have been working with Laravel Sail for a long time but haven't understood how it works behind the scene, this course has really helped in explaining some of the challenges that I have encountered while working with Laravel Sail and Docker in general - Obinna

Easy to understand. Thanks for making amazing courses - Irawan

I tried to find a Docker/PHP course on the internet but I was not really satisfied and then I found this course. Thank you Gary, really! - Mathieu

Very straight to the point, showing the important parts. - Weslley Richard

I'm really enjoying this and being able to follow along pretty easy - Eric M

Impressed. - Silver

Thank you for the quality of your work and thank you for the in-depth analysis, great job! - Michael Rabet

Great course - Mihai

Each course from GaryClarke.Tech is awesome. Useful information about Docker & PHP setup, given in an easy to understand way - Pawel

Nice course - Shaheb

Gary was very confident with all the different technologies he presented - Chris

Thank you Gary. An immense value to me! It was so far the best course I've seen on the subject and the nicest thing, it's tailored exactly to my needs. Not too little, not too much either. Just great! Please don't stop developing courses like this, I'm looking forward to the next one - Werner Helbig

Nice tutorial sir, your courses have been of immense value to me sir. Keep up the good work - Okere Godspower Kelsy

Very good! Thanks Gary! - Jochen Kohler

Complete information all in one spot. - Jeremy McKay

Thanks Gary 🙏 Nicely and step by step explained, nice work done well and keep it up. Thank you once again for creating such quality content - Shashikant

This video is useful for me. Thank you - Frank Wang

I can picture how this will work for my needs through Gary's setup and I appreciate building all the docker files from scratch. - Michael Claar

It is clear and well put together information. - Adamo

I rarely rate anything online, however I was compelled to do so. I really was struggling with Docker as mostly people who teach online does not know the topic very well or make it over complicated. I am really impressed with this course and I am really glad I took it. You really do justice to one of my favorite quotes by Albert Einstein "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Omer Farooq

It's easy to follow and the explanation is on point - Sibulele Sogoni

Usually I use DDEV for my local development. But the course allowed me to understand how to configure from scratch an application with Docker. - Cellou Diallo

At first the speed of delivery felt a little slow, but as I grew accustomed to it, I appreciated the steady pace. I found the focus on development vs production workflow really useful, as that;s not often covered in typical hello world tutorials - there is a great deal of "real world" functionality I can reach for. - Chris S

The content is just to the point!!! Easy to follow, very good video quality and no extra useless content. - Andreas Malis

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Hello and thank you so much for checking out my work. My name is Gary Clarke and I'm a software developer with many years experience, primarily in PHP. I started creating video tutorials during lockdown in 2020 because I wanted the challenge of being able to explain complex / technical subjects to others in a way which is easy to understand and remember.

At this moment in time, my videos have been watched over a million times and I intend to keep creating new and improved content and teaching more and more new people. It would be my pleasure to see you on the inside of one of my courses.