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Dockerfile

@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
+# ---- Stage 1: Build frontend (Vite/React) ----
+FROM node:20-alpine AS build
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install dependencies first (better layer caching)
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install
+
+# Copy the rest of the source and build
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# ---- Stage 2: PHP + Apache to serve built files + api.php ----
 FROM php:8.2-apache
 
-# Enable Apache mod_rewrite
+# Enable Apache mod_rewrite (useful for SPA routing)
 RUN a2enmod rewrite
 
 # Install MySQL PDO extension
 RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
 
-# Copy project files to Apache web root
+# Copy built frontend assets from Stage 1
-COPY . /var/www/html/
+COPY --from=build /app/dist/ /var/www/html/
+
+# Copy api.php (and any other PHP backend files) into web root
+COPY api.php /var/www/html/api.php
 
 # Set permissions
 RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html