Question
How to set up PHP in App Platform
- Posted on August 23, 2023
- DigitalOcean App PlatformPHP
Asked by lpilon
I’m trying to deploy a Dockerized app using App Platform. It is building and deploying succesfull, but I can’t seem to get PHP to work.
In the build and deploy logs I see no errors: the PHP container is being build, compose is installing packages etc. When visiting the site static resources are working, (e.g. css files), but PHP files are giving a white screen.
How can I solve this issue?
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I personally have been mainly using the PHP Buildpack on App Platform as that takes away any complexity:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/buildpacks/php/
This lets you just deploy your PHP application by selecting your GitHub repository and then the Buildpack takes care of building and running your application.
Regards
Hey @lpilon,
Check this article and see if it would help you out:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/meetup-kits/how-to-create-php-development-environments-with-docker-compose-a-digitalocean-workshop-kit
If the PHP files are giving a white screen it might be a PHP coding error. Try to debug the PHP application in a controlled environment where you can see what PHP error it might be.