--- title: Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS description: Learn how to build PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS, a Linux distribution designed to be run only in containers. Wolfi-OS produces small... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ogb48njtv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to build PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS, a Linux distribution designed to be run only in containers. Wolfi-OS produces small... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ogb48njtv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ogB48NJTv.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS **[PHP Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/phpdev)** · [@damienseguy](https://daily.dev/damienseguy) · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to build PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS, a Linux distribution designed to be run only in containers. Wolfi-OS produces small glibc-based images that are patched for vulnerabilities on a daily basis. Building images with Wolfi is faster and more efficient compared to the de-facto standard Docker PHP official image. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ogb48njtv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/ogb48njtv","headline":"Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS","text":"Shared: Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ogb48njtv","datePublished":"2025-11-30T08:49:25.731Z","dateModified":"2025-11-30T08:49:25.734Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Damien seguy","url":"https://daily.dev/damienseguy","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--nPbjKqol--/f_auto,q_auto/v1698422671/avatars/avatar_G85JhYcDxAg024Omc8Rlp","description":"PHP developer passionate about deep language knowledge, testing, static analysis, and sustainable it","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Exakat","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ibtl6fze--/f_auto/v1749051132/companies/exakat"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":37740}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/4Dsi3vpww"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/phpdev","name":"PHP Dev"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PHP Dev","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/phpdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS"}]} ```