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@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-FROM docker.io/thecodingmachine/php:8.4-v4-fpm-alpine
+# Using the slim version of 8.4; it's much more stable with Podman
+FROM docker.io/php:8.4-fpm-alpine
 
-# Set working directory
 WORKDIR /var/www
 
+# Use the installer to get your specific extensions without the manual tar extraction
+ADD https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions && \
+    install-php-extensions pdo_mysql mbstring exif pcntl bcmath gd zip intl
+
 # Get latest Composer
 COPY --from=docker.io/composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
 
 # Copy application files
-# TheCodingMachine images default to user 'docker' (UID 1000)
-COPY --chown=docker:docker . /var/www
+COPY . /var/www
 
-# You can likely remove the manual chmod/chown lines 
-# as this image handles them via environment variables if needed.
+# Fix permissions for the www-data user
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www && \
+    chmod -R 755 /var/www/storage /var/www/bootstrap/cache
+
+USER www-data
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Use the image's built-in entrypoint or your artisan command
 CMD ["php", "artisan", "serve", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=8000"]
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