Create a Hello World in PHP¶

Prerequisites¶

The following prerequisites must be filled to run this service:

• Docker must be installed.
• Docker Compose must be installed (it should be installed by default with Docker in most cases).
• Visual Studio Code must be installed.
• Dev containers must be installed in Visual Studio Code.

Steps¶

Create the project¶

• Create a new folder for your project and open it in Visual Studio Code.
• Add devcontainer configuration files by clicking on the bottom left corner of Visual Studio Code and selecting "Remote-Containers: Add Development Container Configuration Files...".
• Select "PHP" in the list of available containers.
• Select the latest version of PHP (8.2 at the time of this commit) in the list of available versions.

Your folder should look like that:

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├── .devcontainer
│   └── devcontainer.json

Create the index.php file¶

• Create a new file named index.php in the root of your project.
• Add the following code in the file:

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<?php echo 'Hello World'; ?>

Your folder should look like that:

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├── .devcontainer
│   └── devcontainer.json
│   index.php

Run the project¶

• Open the command palette in Visual Studio Code by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P.
• Select "Remote-Containers: Reopen in Container".
• Open the terminal in Visual Studio Code.
• Run the following command to start the server:

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php -S localhost:8080