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= podman

== PHP from the command line

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podman run --rm php php -v

PHP 8.4.11 (cli) (built: Aug 12 2025 22:28:40) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by https://github.com/docker-library/php
Zend Engine v4.4.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.4.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
----

=== Running a different PHP version

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podman run --rm php:8.3 php -v

PHP 8.3.24 (cli) (built: Aug 12 2025 22:30:04) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.24, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.3.24, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
---
----

=== Running a file

[,shell]
----
podman run --rm -it \
  -v $(pwd):/app \
  -w /app \
  php \
  php index.php
----

---

podman build .
STEP 1/2: FROM php
STEP 2/2: CMD php -v
COMMIT
--> d1ec5296cbf0
d1ec5296cbf0da21054b4261a0bb72f66449fe8e8f51b071e53df64e6f83eff4

podman run --rm d1ec5296cbf0
PHP 8.4.11 (cli) (built: Aug 12 2025 22:28:40) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by https://github.com/docker-library/php
Zend Engine v4.4.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.4.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

=== Building a container with code inside

podman build .

STEP 1/4: FROM php
STEP 2/4: COPY index.php /app/index.php
--> b592e9b3b69f
STEP 3/4: WORKDIR /app
--> 8f591440552a
STEP 4/4: CMD php index.php
COMMIT
--> ec4c5890c8a7
ec4c5890c8a75e93e1bb768f998e49ae7d2bf005e5e7c2a57dd2813b881e9758

podman run --rm ec4c5890c8a7

Hi, PHP Thames Valley!

=== Using shell.nix

nix-shell

[nix-shell:~/php-thames-valley]$ php index.php

Hi, PHP Thames Valley

==== Running a command without entering a shell

nix-shell --run "php index.php"

Hi, PHP Thames Valley!