Add explanation to php for `docker-php-source`

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Joe Ferguson 2016-07-12 17:18:59 -07:00
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@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ Where `src/` is the directory containing all your php code and `config/` contain
We provide the helper scripts `docker-php-ext-configure`, `docker-php-ext-install`, and `docker-php-ext-enable` to more easily install PHP extensions.
In order to keep the images smaller, the php source is kept in a compressed tar file. To facilitate linking of the php source with any extension, we also provide the helper script `docker-php-source` to easily extract the tar or delete the extracted source. Note: if you do use `docker-php-source` to extract the source, be sure to delete it in the same layer of the docker image.
```Dockerfile
FROM php:5-apache
RUN docker-php-source extract \
# do important things \
&& docker-php-source delete
```
#### PHP Core Extensions
For example, if you want to have a PHP-FPM image with `iconv`, `mcrypt` and `gd` extensions, you can inherit the base image that you like, and write your own `Dockerfile` like this:
@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
&& docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd
```
Remember, you must install dependencies for your extensions manually. If an extension needs custom `configure` arguments, you can use the `docker-php-ext-configure` script like this example.
Remember, you must install dependencies for your extensions manually. If an extension needs custom `configure` arguments, you can use the `docker-php-ext-configure` script like this example. There is no need to run `docker-php-source` manually in this case, since that is handled by the `configure` and `install` scripts.
#### PECL extensions