MySQL container with PHPMyAdmin or with xampp

Question

Hi all, I am new to docker and I have a question to those who use laravel with docker

which better to connect to MySQL database

create a MySQL container and PHPMyAdmin container and import database to it or install xampp and connect and import database to it and connect to it from my app ??

Answer 1

I couldn’t get your point. Overall it is not a safe approach to containerize DB. If you want to use MySQL docker use standard MySQL docker image with persistent volume. Connecting with your app is the best approach.