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Running on Windows Without PHP

This project is primarily designed for Linux environments but can be easily run on Windows using Docker.

Prerequisites​

  • Docker Desktop installed and running on your Windows machine
  • No need for a local PHP installation or WSL2 configuration

Quick Start​

  1. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell
  2. Navigate to your desired project location:
cd C:\Users\MyUser\Projects
  1. Launch a containerized PHP environment with the following command:
docker run -it --rm -v %cd%:/root/tutorial -w /root/tutorial byjg/php:8.4-cli bash
  1. Once inside the container shell, you can run all PHP commands normally as if you had PHP installed locally. The docker commands you'll run outside.

Note:

Inside the container shell, the folder ~/tutorial or else /root/tutorial is mapped to your current directory on Windows.

Once inside the container, follow the regular Getting Started guide.