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Handing secrets in PHP Docker Compose site

06/24/2025 Mark J Leave a comment

If you’re using a single instance server (not Docker Swarm) and Docker Compose, but want to keep your secrets out of source control it’s not too bad. First, make sure you’re excluding “.env” in your .gitignore…

.env

Then, add your secrets to a .env file (file name must be exactly .env) in the same folder as your docker-compose.yml…

SEC_1=Something SEC_2=SomethingElse
Then, be sure to expose your secrets in the “environment:” section of your docker-compose…

environment: SEC_1: ${SEC_1} SEC_2: ${SEC_2}
Upload both the .env and docker-compose.yml to the server, and restart docker to pick up the env vars…

docker compose down docker compose up -d
And finally, use the values in your PHP…

getenv('SEC_1')

Oh yeah, and since your .env won’t be in source control I’d still recommend finding a secure place to save it like a password manager.

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State gun control laws reduce children’s firearm deaths, study shows

06/22/2025 Mark J Leave a comment

Check out this article: State gun control laws reduce children’s firearm deaths, study shows

“If more guns made us safer, the US would be the safest country in the world by far. Instead, we have a homicide rate that’s 25 times that of our peer nations.”

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