This project provides a simple and ready-to-use Docker Compose setup to run a development environment with PHP, Nginx, and Microsoft SQL Server.

It's ideal for developers who want to build or test PHP applications with a SQL Server backend in a containerized environment.

• PHP – Built from a custom Dockerfile, runs the PHP application code.
• Nginx – Lightweight web server to serve your PHP app.
• SQL Server 2019 – Official Microsoft image for development and testing.

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├── compose.yaml
├── data
│   ├── src                # Your PHP application code
│   ├── nginx
│   │   └── default.conf   # Custom Nginx configuration
│   └── sqlserver
│       └── sql_data       # Persistent database files
└── php
    └── Dockerfile         # Dockerfile for PHP setup

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git
   cd your-repo-name

2. Start the containers:

   docker compose up --build -d

3. Access the app: Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8080

• User: sa
• Password: TuPassword123!
• Port: 1433

⚠️ Make sure to change the password before using this in production.

• Place your PHP code in the data/src folder.
• Modify the php/Dockerfile to add extensions or change PHP versions.
• Edit data/nginx/default.conf for custom Nginx routing or headers.

To make a backup of your SQL Server database from inside the container, use the script backup_sqlserver.sh included in this project.

chmod +x backup_sqlserver.sh
./backup_sqlserver.sh

This script will:

• Create a backup of the database named MyDatabase.
• Store it temporarily inside the container.
• Copy it to the host in ./data/sqlserver/backups/.

You can change the database name and destination path by editing the script.

To stop the containers:

docker compose down

To remove volumes (including the database data):

docker compose down -v

MIT – Feel free to use, modify, and share.