Build and test PHP applications with Gitlab CI

Docker images with everything you'll need to build and test PHP applications.

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Based on Official PHP images and edbizarro's Images

CURRENTLY ONLY ALPINE IMAGES!

• 8.4-node22-alpine (php/node22/Dockerfile) -
• 8.4-node20-alpine (php/node20/Dockerfile) -
• 8.4-node18-alpine (php/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 8.4-node16-alpine (php/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 8.3-node22-alpine (php/node22/Dockerfile) -
• 8.3-node20-alpine (php/node20/Dockerfile) -
• 8.3-node18-alpine (php/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 8.3-node16-alpine (php/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 8.2-node22-alpine (php/node22/Dockerfile) -
• 8.2-node20-alpine (php/node20/Dockerfile) -
• 8.2-node18-alpine (php/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 8.2-node16-alpine (php/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 8.1-node22-alpine (php/node22/Dockerfile) -
• 8.1-node20-alpine (php/node20/Dockerfile) -
• 8.1-node18-alpine (php/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 8.1-node16-alpine (php/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 8.0-node20-alpine (php/node20/Dockerfile) -
• 8.0-node18-alpine (php/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 8.0-node16-alpine (php/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 7.4-node18-alpine (php7/node18/Dockerfile) -
• 7.4-node16-alpine (php7/node16/Dockerfile) -
• 7.4-node14-alpine (php7/node14/Dockerfile) -

All latest versions come with:

• Composer 2
• Node 22
• NPM 10
• Yarn

Alternative versions available with:

• Composer 1 (only PHP 7.4 images)
• Node 20 and NPM 10
• Node 18 and NPM 10
• Node 16 and NPM 8

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Gitlab pipeline examples

Symfony examples

Simple .gitlab-ci.yml using MariaDB service

variables:
    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
    MYSQL_USER: symfony
    MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
    MYSQL_DATABASE: project
    APP_ENV: prod
    DATABASE_URL: mysql://$MYSQL_USER:$MYSQL_PASSWORD@mysql/$MYSQL_DATABASE

image: cstadler333/gitlab-ci-php:8.3-alpine
services:
    - mariadb:10.11

build:
    stage: build
    before_script:
        - npm install
    script:
        - npm run build
        - composer install --prefer-dist --no-ansi --no-interaction --no-progress

Advanced .gitlab-ci.yml using MariaDB service, stages, templates and cache

stages:
    - build
    - deploy

variables:
    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
    MYSQL_USER: symfony
    MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
    MYSQL_DATABASE: project
    APP_ENV: prod
    DATABASE_URL: mysql://$MYSQL_USER:$MYSQL_PASSWORD@mysql/$MYSQL_DATABASE

cache:
    key: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
    paths:
        - node_modules/
        - vendor/

image: cstadler333/gitlab-ci-php:8.3-alpine
services:
    - mariadb:10.11

.build_template: &build
    stage: build
    before_script:
        - npm install --force
    script:
        - npm run build
        - composer install --prefer-dist --no-ansi --no-interaction --no-progress

.deploy_template: &deploy
    stage: deploy
    before_script:
        - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get install -qq openssh-client )'
        - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
        - ssh-add <(echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY")
        - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
        - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'

Build Master:
    <<: *build
    only:
        - master

Deploy Master:
    <<: *deploy
    only:
        - master
    script:
        - rsync -a --progress --human-readable --delete
            --exclude .git
            --exclude node_modules
            --exclude var
            --exclude vendor
            .
            user@server:path

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Deploying PHP applications with Gitlab

Recommended

• Gitlab CI Deployer
• Deployer