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+# Use an official PHP runtime as a parent image 
+FROM php:7.4-apache
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
+# Copy your PHP application code into the container
+COPY . .
+
+# Install PHP extensions and other dependencies 
+RUN apt-get update && \ 
+    apt-get install -y libpng-dev && \ 
+    docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql gd
+
+# Expose the port Apache listens on EXPOSE 80 # Start Apache when the container runs
+CMD ["apache2-foreground"]