Docker with PHP 5.6 for common Laravel < 5.3 Application

Dockerfile

FROM php:5.6-apache

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install git libmcrypt-dev libzip-dev libmagickwand-dev --yes

# Install PHP extensions
RUN docker-php-ext-install \
    mysqli \
    pdo \
    pdo_mysql \
    zip \
    mcrypt \
    intl \
    && docker-php-ext-configure gd \
        --with-gd \
        --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/ \
        --with-png-dir=/usr/include/ \
        --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include/ \
    && docker-php-ext-install gd

# Install composer
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

# Enable Apache module
RUN a2enmod rewrite headers

# Cleaning up everything
RUN apt-get remove --autoremove --purge --yes $PHPIZE_DEPS libmagickwand-dev \
  && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes libgd-dev libltdl7 \
  && apt-get clean