Setting up Docker for Laravel and MySQL application

This article will briefly show you how to use Docker for Laravel and MySQL application.

Create a .docker folder right inside the project’s root folder.

Then create a Dockerfile file with the following content.

FROM php:7.4.1-apache
USER root
WORKDIR /var/www/html
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
libpng-dev \
zlib1g-dev \