diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ce067f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.git
+.venv
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc1ffa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM php:8.2-apache
+
+# Install mysqli extension
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli && docker-php-ext-enable mysqli
+
+# Copy source code to Apache root directory
+COPY . /var/www/html/
+
+# Ensure Apache has permission to access uploads directory
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/uploads && \
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html && \
+    chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
+
+# Expose port 80
+EXPOSE 80
diff --git a/db_config.php b/db_config.php
index d31baf8..e60bc67 100644
--- a/db_config.php
+++ b/db_config.php
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?php
-$host = 'localhost';
-$user = 'root';
-$pass = '';
-$db   = 'gis_db';
+$host = getenv('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost';
+$user = getenv('DB_USERNAME') ?: 'root';
+$pass = getenv('DB_PASSWORD') ?: '';
+$db   = getenv('DB_DATABASE') ?: 'gis_db';
+$port = getenv('DB_PORT') ?: '3306';
 
-$conn = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $db);
+$conn = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $db, $port);
 $conn->set_charset('utf8mb4');
 
 if ($conn->connect_error) {