Laravel Docker Lessons · Lesson 6

Connect Laravel 12 to PostgreSQL 17 using Docker Compose, PDO pgsql, health checks, persistent storage, migrations and a real users Blade demo.

This written tutorial follows the actual lesson-6 source snapshot . The published Urdu video lesson is available alongside this written guide.

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This lesson adds an optional PostgreSQL 17 stack to the existing Laravel 12 / PHP 8.2-FPM / Nginx project. The normal docker-compose.yaml still uses MySQL. Select the standalone docker-compose.postgres.yaml file for this lesson; do not merge it with the MySQL file.

Recording preparation and follow-up checks

Use PHP 8.2+ for host Composer. Check the PHP executable selected by your recording terminal. After switching back from a newer lesson, run composer install against this tag's own lock file.…