The "official" PHP Docker images turned out to be a shit show tody. Seems like many maintainers fell for it and published updates that aren't really updates.
replyI'm currently waiting for a new docker image for another project, and their maintainer noticed the old PHP versions in the freshly built images and is still waiting or working on releasing a new container build.
There is nothing official about these images.
reply"Let's use this packaging some rando on the Internet built" is a strategy that is exactly as good as it seems, but that's the Docker ecosystem for you.
Packagers who actually understand the software put in good work to package that software in small and well maintained packages. Use them instead!
Yeah, took me long enough to learn that. I just trusted the "official" badge.
replyFully agree. Moved to FrankenPHP's static build (which was ready very quickly) to get away from it. Don't intend to ever use the "official" images again.
replyI'm wondering if it's not just better to use plain Debian base images.
reply FROM debian:...
RUN apt install php ...
Those images are not even official. "Official" is just a misnomer in Docker.
replyI had to build and deploy my own Nextcloud images earlier today. :( Not a big deal because docker, just obnoxious that this got released into the wild and was being actively exploited before patches were available everywhere.
replyIf you need Docker to run PHP software you're beyond any help already.
replyYeah, I really enjoyed messing with php.ini back in the day! Setting it juuuust right for every different project on my dear pet.
replyI barely use PHP these days, but Docker seems like a great place to put it.
replySame goes for Wordpress indeed, which I'm waiting for.
reply $ docker pull wordpress:fpm && docker image inspect wordpress:fpm --format '{{.Created}}' && docker run --rm wordpress:fpm php --version
fpm: Pulling from library/wordpress
Digest: sha256:c6d271a445510a3e08cfcc487750ac014f4464165ad6df6356da04680be8e907
Status: Image is up to date for wordpress:fpm
docker.io/library/wordpress:fpm
2026-10-21T01:27:06.695704995Z
PHP 8.3.35 (cli) (built: Oct 21 2026 00:33:17) (NTS)
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