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Hello World - PHP
A simple web app written in PHP that you can use for testing. It reads in an env
variable TARGET
and prints Hello ${TARGET}!
. If TARGET
is not specified,
it will use World
as the TARGET
.
Follow the steps below to create the sample code and then deploy the app to your cluster. You can also download a working copy of the sample, by running the following commands:
git clone -b "main" https://github.com/knative/docs knative-docs
cd knative-docs/docs/serving/samples/hello-world/helloworld-php
Before you begin
- A Kubernetes cluster with Knative installed and DNS configured. Follow the installation instructions if you need to create one.
- Docker installed and running on your local machine, and a Docker Hub account configured (we’ll use it for a container registry).
Recreating the sample code
-
Create a new directory and cd into it:
mkdir app cd app
-
Create a file named
index.php
and copy the code block below into it:<?php $target = getenv('TARGET', true) ?: 'World'; echo sprintf("Hello %s!\n", $target); ?>
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Create a file named
Dockerfile
and copy the code block below into it. See official PHP docker image for more details.# Use the official PHP 7.3 image. # https://hub.docker.com/_/php FROM php:7.3-apache # Copy local code to the container image. COPY index.php /var/www/html/ # Use the PORT environment variable in Apache configuration files. RUN sed -i 's/80/${PORT}/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/ports.conf # Configure PHP for development. # Switch to the production php.ini for production operations. # RUN mv "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-production" "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini" # https://hub.docker.com/_/php#configuration RUN mv "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-development" "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini"
-
Create a
.dockerignore
file to ensure that any files related to a local build do not affect the container that you build for deployment.README.md
-
Create a new file,
service.yaml
and copy the following service definition into the file. Make sure to replace{username}
with your Docker Hub username.apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1 kind: Service metadata: name: helloworld-php namespace: default spec: template: spec: containers: - image: docker.io/{username}/helloworld-php env: - name: TARGET value: "PHP Sample v1"
Building and deploying the sample
Once you have recreated the sample code files (or used the files in the sample folder) you’re ready to build and deploy the sample app.
-
Use Docker to build the sample code into a container. To build and push with Docker Hub, run these commands replacing
{username}
with your Docker Hub username:# Build the container on your local machine docker build -t {username}/helloworld-php . # Push the container to docker registry docker push {username}/helloworld-php
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After the build has completed and the container is pushed to docker hub, you can deploy the app into your cluster. Ensure that the container image value in
service.yaml
matches the container you built in the previous step. Apply the configuration usingkubectl
:kubectl apply --filename service.yaml
With kn
you can deploy the service with
kn service create helloworld-php --image=docker.io/{username}/helloworld-php --env TARGET="Ruby Sample v1"
This will wait until your service is deployed and ready, and ultimately it will print the URL through which you can access the service.
The output will look like:
Creating service 'helloworld-php' in namespace 'default':
0.035s The Configuration is still working to reflect the latest desired specification.
0.139s The Route is still working to reflect the latest desired specification.
0.250s Configuration "helloworld-php" is waiting for a Revision to become ready.
8.040s ...
8.136s Ingress has not yet been reconciled.
8.277s unsuccessfully observed a new generation
8.398s Ready to serve.
Service 'helloworld-php' created to latest revision 'helloworld-php-akhft-1' is available at URL:
http://helloworld-php.default.1.2.3.4.xip.io
-
Now that your service is created, Knative will perform the following steps:
- Create a new immutable revision for this version of the app.
- Network programming to create a route, ingress, service, and a load balancer for your app.
- Automatically scale your pods up and down (including to zero active pods).
-
To find the URL for your service, use
kubectl get ksvc helloworld-php --output=custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,URL:.status.url
NAME URL
helloworld-php http://helloworld-php.default.1.2.3.4.xip.io
kn service describe helloworld-php -o url
Example:
http://helloworld-php.default.1.2.3.4.xip.io
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Now you can make a request to your app and see the result. Replace the URL below with the URL returned in the previous command.
curl http://helloworld-php.default.1.2.3.4.xip.io Hello PHP Sample v1!
Removing the sample app deployment
To remove the sample app from your cluster, delete the service record.
kubectl delete --filename service.yaml
kn service delete helloworld-php
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