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+FROM php:7.4-apache
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    unzip \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libjpeg-dev \
+    libfreetype6-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libzip-dev \
+    libonig-dev \
+    libicu-dev \
+    libxslt-dev \
+    libmcrypt-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libpq-dev \
+    libmagickwand-dev --no-install-recommends
+
+# Enable Apache mods
+RUN a2enmod rewrite headers
+
+# Install PHP extensions required by Moodle
+RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+ && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) \
+    gd \
+    intl \
+    mbstring \
+    xml \
+    xmlrpc \
+    soap \
+    zip \
+    pdo \
+    pdo_mysql \
+    opcache \
+    mysqli \
+    xsl \
+    curl \
+    exif
+
+# Optional: Install and enable Imagick (used by Moodle for better image processing)
+RUN pecl install imagick && docker-php-ext-enable imagick
+
+# Set recommended PHP configuration values for Moodle
+COPY moodle-php.ini /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/moodle-php.ini
+
+# Create moodledata directory
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/moodledata && \
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/moodledata && \
+    chmod -R 770 /var/www/moodledata
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
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+upload_max_filesize = 128M
+post_max_size = 128M
+memory_limit = 512M
+max_execution_time = 300