PHP#

PHP is detected if a composer.json OR index.php file is found.

Note that Laravel apps need an APP_KEY environment variable in order to work.

If an nginx.conf or nginx.template.conf (see this file for an example of template syntax) file is found in the project root directory, that configuration will be used.

By default, the server root is set at your project root, which is mounted in /app. If your application is supposed to have its server root in a subfolder, you must set it using NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR variable (see below). For example, if you're using Symfony or Laravel, the server root directory is public/; you then need to set NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR=/app/public.

To install PHP extensions, you can add them to the require section of your composer.json, following the Composer platform dependencies specification. The example below will add ctype, iconv, and redis extensions for PHP 8.2:

{
  "require": {
    "php": ">=8.2",
    "ext-ctype": "*",
    "ext-iconv": "*",
    "ext-redis": "*"
  }
}

If a NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR variable is passed, that will be used as the server root. If a NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH variable is passed, that will be used as a fallback for the server - for instance, if your app uses index.php as a router, you would set this variable to /index.php.

Setup#

The following PHP versions are available

• 8.1
• 8.2 (Default)
• 8.3
• 8.4

The version is automatically detected by parsing your composer.json file.

Install#

If composer.json

composer install

If package.json

[yarn|pnpm|npm] install

Build#

if package.json

[yarn|pnpm|npm] [prod|build]

Start#

This provider runs a Perl script to correct permissions and manage the Nginx configuration, and then starts Nginx.

{nginx_start_serving_cmd}