# How to Dockerize a PHP application securely

DevFeed: [How to Dockerize a PHP application securely](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-dockerize-a-php-application-securely-7896.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/dockerize-php-application/>)

Author: James Olaogun

Published: 2023-08-02T05:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk.md>), [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>)

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## AI overview

A step-by-step tutorial on securely Dockerizing a PHP application. It explains how containers package an application and its dependencies for portability and consistent development environments, and introduces Docker and Snyk for container management and vulnerability identification and remediation.

## Source excerpt

This tutorial shows you step by step how to securely containerize -- or more specifically, "Dockerize" -- a PHP application. You'll also use Snyk, a developer security platform that provides security tools for modern applications to identify and automate vulnerability fixes.