My Portfolio website

Portfolio Site: Visit 👀

My application using stack:

• PHP 8.5
• PHP-CLI
• SQLite3
• PDO SQLite
• msmtp
• Docker (Debian-based)
• Render

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Tech Stack

PHP Extensions

• zip - Archive handling
• mbstring - Multibyte string functions
• intl - Internationalization support
• pdo - PHP Data Objects
• pdo_sqlite - SQLite database driver
• opcache - Performance optimization

System Dependencies (Debian-based)

• curl
• unzip
• git
• libzip-dev
• libonig-dev
• libicu-dev
• sqlite3

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Local development

Copy:

.env.example

to:

.env

cp .env.example .env

Then configure SMTP credentials.

Run:

docker compose up --build

Open:

http://localhost:10000

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Docker

The application uses a Debian-based PHP 8.5 CLI image for better compatibility and standard library support.

Dockerfile Features

• Base image: php:8.5-cli (Debian)
• All PHP extensions pre-installed
• Composer dependency management
• Production-optimized build with --no-dev flag
• Layer caching for faster rebuilds

Building the Docker Image

docker build -t sushilkumar .

Running the Docker Container

docker run -p 10000:10000 sushilkumar

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SQLite

SQLite database: storage/database.sqlite

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Render

Push the repository to GitHub.

Create a Render Web Service.

Render will detect:

render.yaml

The service uses:

• PHP 8.5
• CLI Server
• SQLite
• msmtp

The SQLite database is stored on a Render persistent disk.

Health check:

/health

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SMTP

Configure:

msmtprc

SMTP_HOST=gmail
SMTP_PORT=25
SMTP_USER= your name
SMTP_PASSWORD= password
SMTP_FROM= email

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