feat: php 8.5 support, drop 8.1 support

Author: Justintime50

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: hadolint/hadolint-action@v3.1.0
+      - uses: hadolint/hadolint-action@v3.3.0
   sh-checker:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php_version: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        php_version: ['8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build Docker image

.github/workflows/latest.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   latest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
       - name: Sign into Docker

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php_version: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        php_version: ['8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
       - name: Sign into Docker

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 36 (2025-11-24)
+
+- Adds PHP 8.5 support
+- Drops support for PHP 8.1
+
 ## 35 (2025-07-22)
 
 - Adds `pcntl` PHP extension for process control (eg: Laravel Horizon)

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG PHP_VERSION=8.4
+ARG PHP_VERSION=8.5
 FROM php:${PHP_VERSION}-fpm-alpine
 
 # PHP_CPPFLAGS are used by the docker-php-ext-* scripts
@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --update \
         bcmath \
         gd \
         intl \
-        opcache \
         pcntl \
         pdo_mysql \
         zip \
+    # OPcache comes bundled with PHP 8.5 and later, only install it for earlier versions
+    && if [ "$(php -r 'echo PHP_VERSION;')" \< "8.5" ]; then \
+        docker-php-ext-install opcache; \
+    fi \
     # Remove dev packages once we're done using them
     && apk del \
         autoconf \

README.md

@@ -66,18 +66,19 @@ Place your `PHP` or `HTML` site files into `/var/www/html/public` inside the con
 
 ### Laravel
 
-Place the root of your laravel project in `/var/www/html` so that the `public` folder of laravel lines up with the directory served by this nginx image.
+Place the root of your Laravel project in `/var/www/html` so that the `public` folder of Laravel lines up with the directory served by this nginx image.
 
 ## Docker Tags
 
 Tags for this image follow the syntax of `PHP_VERSION-IMAGE_VERSION`; for instance, a valid tag would be `8.2-16` signifying to use PHP v8.2 and the 16th version of this image (nginx config, Dockerfile, etc).
 
 ### PHP Versions
 
+- `8.5` - uses the latest release on the PHP 8.5 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `36`)
 - `8.4` - uses the latest release on the PHP 8.4 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `21`)
 - `8.3` - uses the latest release on the PHP 8.3 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `18`)
 - `8.2` - uses the latest release on the PHP 8.2 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `12`)
-- `8.1` - uses the latest release on the PHP 8.1 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `9`)
+- `8.1` - **DEPRECATED** uses the latest release on the PHP 8.1 Alpine track. (Starting with image version `9`)
 - `8.0` - **DEPRECATED** uses the latest release on the PHP 8.0 Alpine track. (Dropped support with image version `19`)
 - `7.4` - **DEPRECATED** uses the latest release on the PHP 7.4 Alpine track. (Dropped support with image version `19`)