Run Laravel Pint inside docker container

[yungts97]

I'm using WSL2 and not PHP installed in my WSL2. And I run my Laravel project with a custom PHP docker container. I'm not using Laravel Sail for that. Is there any way to make Laravel Pint run it on my PHP docker container?

[d8vjork]

This will be difficult as is already a challenge having a Laravel Sail setup (see #34)

Only difficult part here is determining in which container the code and PHP with the dependencies is

[yusufkandemir]

https://github.com/m1guelpf/better-pest handles this through configuration.

{
  "better-pest.docker.enable": true,
  "better-pest.docker.command": "command to run", 
  "better-pest.docker.paths": {
    "${workspaceFolder}": "/var/www/html",
    "/some/other/path": "/whatever"
  },
}

The command can be:

• docker exec some-container
• docker compose exec some-container-within-compose
• spin run php
• relevant Sail command
• any CLI wrapping Docker (like Sail or Spin)
• etc.

The paths get used to transform paths from the host to the Docker container. With the assumption of the Docker container having configured a working directory and having 1-to-1 mapping with the host files, this config can be avoided. But, to cover all cases, it's better to have that configuration.

So, the final command becomes something like this:

$ docker exec some-container vendor/bin/pest
# or, for specific files:
$ docker exec some-container vendor/bin/pest tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php

This solution also eliminates the need for having special Laravel Sail logic.