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+# Use the official PHP image with Apache
+FROM php:7.4-apache
+EXPOSE 80
+# Install necessary PHP extensions
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libfreetype6-dev \
+    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libzip-dev \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd \
+    && docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
+
+# copy contents into directory
+COPY . /var/www/html
+
+# Set appropriate permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
+RUN chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
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