crazygoat/small-php repository overview

⁠Minimal Symfony App with Workerman on Scratch

This Docker image showcases a minimal setup of a Symfony application running with Workerman⁠ on a scratch base image.
The entire application is compiled into a single static binary using static-php-cli⁠, resulting in an image size of less than 5MB.

⁠🚀 Key Features

• ⚡ Ultra-small Docker image (<5MB)
• 🧱 Based on scratch — no OS layer
• ⚙️ Runs Symfony with Workerman (async, multi-threaded PHP server)
• 🧰 Compiled into a single binary with static-php-cli
• 🧪 Intended as a proof of concept, not for production use

⁠⚙️ How to Run

Make sure you have Docker installed. To run the image and expose the app on port 8080:

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 crazygoat/small-php

Then open your browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:8080

✅ The server will start automatically and listen on port 8080.

⁠⚠️ Limitations

• 📄 Logging must go to stdout/stderr (file-based logging not supported)
• 🧩 Not all PHP extensions are supported (depends on static PHP build)
• 🔧 Only basic Symfony functionality tested

⁠📦 Use Cases

This image is meant for experimentation and educational purposes — to demonstrate how far PHP and Symfony can be minimized and containerized.
It is not optimized or recommended for production environments.

⁠📝 Notes

• This is not a general-purpose PHP image.
• Ideal for demos, technical showcases, or learning how static PHP binaries and scratch images work.
• Thanks to Workerman, this setup supports multi-threaded request handling (via event loops and worker processes).

⁠🔗 Related Projects

• static-php-cli⁠
• walkor/workerman⁠
• Symfony⁠