🚀 CodeIgniter 4 Dockerized Template

A ready-to-use Docker environment for developing modern applications with CodeIgniter 4. Includes MySQL, Nginx, and PHP containers with an easy Makefile interface for migrations, seeding, and more.

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📦 Stack

• CodeIgniter 4
• PHP-FPM (in .docker/Php)
• Nginx (in .docker/Nginx)
• MySQL 5.7 (in .docker/MySQL)
• Docker Compose
• Makefile utility commands

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⚙️ Quick Start

# Start the app
make project_start

# Stop the app
make project_stop

# Destroy the app and volumes
make project_destroy

Access your project at: http://localhost:8080

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🛠️ Development Utilities

Command	Description
make deploy	🔧 Opens a shell in the PHP container
make migrate	🗂️ Runs all pending database migrations
make make_migration NAME=MigrationName	📄 Creates a new migration file
make seed	🌱 Runs the database seeder inside the container

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📁 Project Structure

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├── .docker/                  # Docker config files
│   ├── MySQL/                # MySQL customizations
│   ├── Nginx/                # Nginx config (default.conf)
│   └── Php/                  # PHP Dockerfile, custom INIs
│
├── Web/
│   ├── app/                  # Main CodeIgniter app
│   │   ├── Config/
│   │   ├── Controllers/
│   │   ├── Models/
│   │   ├── Views/
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── public/               # Public folder (index.php, js/)
│   ├── tests/                # Automated tests
│   ├── vendor/               # Composer dependencies
│   └── writable/             # Cache, logs, session, uploads
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├── docker-compose.yml
├── Makefile
└── README.md

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🧪 Testing (Optional)

Run unit tests using:

docker exec -it codeigniter-php vendor/bin/phpunit

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📝 Notes

• Make sure .env is configured for your environment (CI_ENVIRONMENT, database, etc).
• PHP container uses CodeIgniter CLI tools (php spark).
• Database data persists via Docker volume.