Docker Compose: WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA

Docker Compose: WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA

The Docker image for WordPress contains a property called “WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA”, this allows code to be passed directly to the wp-config.php file. This is great because you can fully customize your WordPress wp-config.php file.

Queryable Variable for Enabling Debug

My normal PHP code will not work:

if (isset($_GET['debug']) && $_GET['debug'] == 'debug') {
     define('WP_DEBUG', true);
}

The trick to getting this code to work is escaping the “$” in Docker. This can easily be done by using double “$$”.

if (isset($$_GET['debug']) && $$_GET['debug'] == 'debug') {
     define('WP_DEBUG', true);
}

Docker Compose File

This attribute can also be utilized in the Docker Compose file.

version: '3.1'
services:
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress
    restart: always
    container_name: wp_hapkidodirectory
    ports:
      - 32773:80
    volumes:
      - /mnt/wphost/www/hapkidodirectory.com:/var/www/html/
    environment:
      VIRTUAL_HOST: hapkidodirectory.com, www.hapkidodirectory.com
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: userhkd
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: 'dbpassword'
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wp_hapkidodirectory
      WORDPRESS_TABLE_PREFIX: wp_hk_
      WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA: |
        define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

        if (isset($$_GET['debug']) && $$_GET['debug'] == 'debug') {
          define('WP_DEBUG', true);
        }        
networks: 
  default:
    external:
      name: proxynet