PHP REST API

This is a simple REST API written in PHP without any dependencies or frameworks.

Data is stored in a MySQL database and can be browsed using a very simple Angular webapp.

The API and database is run as a Docker container using Docker Compose.

Components

• Backend: PHP, MySQL
• Frontend: Angular

Prerequisites 🚦

• Git
• PHP
• Docker

Getting started 🏃

Getting the code

• Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/taardal/php-rest-api

Running the app 🚀

Backend

• Make sure Docker is running
• Navigate to the server: cd api
• Run the Docker container: docker-compose up

Frontend

• Navigate to the client: cd www
• Run the Angular webapp: npm start

Docker 🐳

The REST API is run as a Docker container using Docker Compose.

• ./api/docker-compose.yml
• ./api/docker/mysql/Dockerfile
• ./api/docker/php-apache/Dockerfile

MySQL

Sample data is added to the database using the bundled schema.sql file

• ./api/docker/mysql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/schema.sql

Apache

Apache is configured using the bundled httpd.conf file

• ./api/docker/php-apache/httpd.conf