12-Factor Apps: How to Containerize PHP Today
What makes modern web applications easier to deploy, scale, and move between environments?
In this highlight reel from the Zend webinar "Think Big, Start Small: A Phased Approach to 12-Factor Web Apps," Matthew Weier O'Phinney explores the principles behind 12-factor applications and why they remain a practical framework for modern application delivery.
Learn how 12-factor apps help teams improve deployment reliability, enable CI/CD workflows, reduce production troubleshooting time, and build applications that can run anywhere. You'll also learn how containerization supports 12-factor principles, the differences between Docker Compose and Kubernetes, and when each approach makes sense for your team.
In this video:
- What a 12-factor app is
- Why 12-factor principles matter for modern development
- How containerization supports portability and scalability
- Docker Compose vs. Kubernetes explained
- CI/CD, observability, and cloud-native application delivery
- When to choose Docker Compose and when to move to Kubernetes
- How platform engineering can reduce operational complexity
Whether you're modernizing PHP applications, planning a cloud migration, or evaluating Kubernetes adoption, this session offers practical guidance for building more portable, scalable, and resilient applications.
00:00 – What Is a 12-Factor App?
1:21 – Why 12-Factor Apps Matter for PHP Deployment
3:39 – Using Docker Compose to Containerize PHP
5:31 – When to Scale Up to Kubernetes for PHP Applications
8:08 – How to Simplify PHP Containerization and 12-Factor App Adoption
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