CodeIgniter 4.5.1, Rest API, Docker Compose

Initial configuration for a project using Code Igniter 4.5, MySQL, Nginx and Docker

What the repository has

• Code Igniter 4 - v4.5.1
• Docker-compose start file
• PHP 8.3-fpm/Latest
• Nginx
• PhpMyAdmin
• MySQL

Getting start

First make the clone of this repository

$ git clone https://github.com/Asad-Iftikhar/codeigniter4.5-restapi-docker-compose.git

With the repository ready, open the file .env located at the root and configure it according to your database host.

Go to codeigniter4.5-restapi-docker-compose/web/app/app/Config and open the file Database.php. Change the database fields for them used in the .env file. OR Update the .env file inside web directory according to the root .env like database credentials

After configuring the files, go to the root of the project and execute

Add Sites Entry [https://YOUR_LOCAL_SITE_NAME]

To make your own local domain/host rename the codeigniter.conf name into folder below path

$ cd codeigniter4.5-restapi-docker-compose/docker/nginx/

give it your own local domain name as currently it will open at https://codeigniter You also need to add this entry into your host file

$ sudo nano /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 YOUR_LOCAL_SITE_NAME

done, the application is ready for use.

Accessing

To access your project, type in your browser

http://YOUR_LOCAL_SITE_NAME

To access the phpmyadmin, type in your browser

http://localhost:9191

Container shell

To access a container shell, type in your terminal

$ sudo docker exec -ti <container_id> /bin/sh/

$ docker exec -it app-codeigniter4 sh

Code Igniter 4 docs

For details on how to use Code Igniter 4, visit the documentation.