PHP is a scripting language designed primarily for web development, but it’s also widely used as a general-purpose programming language.
The LEMP software stack is a group of software that can be used to serve dynamic web pages and web applications written in PHP. This is an acronym that describes a Linux operating system, with an Nginx (pronounced like “Engine-X”) web server. The backend data is stored in a MySQL database, and dynamic processing is handled by PHP. In this guide, we'll set up a LEMP stack on an Ubuntu 20.04 server.
A “LAMP” stack is a group of open-source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server. The site data is stored in a MySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP. In this guide, we will install a LAMP stack on an Ubuntu 20.04 server.
To containerize an application refers to the process of adapting an application and its components in order to be able to run it in lightweight environments known as containers. Such environments are isolated and disposable, and can be leveraged for developing, testing, and deploying applications to production. In this guide, we'll use Docker Compose to containerize a Laravel application for development on Ubuntu 20.04.