How to get access to php.ini file

@monterey

Yes, Wordpress/PHP stores data in the /var/www/html directory.

I modified my copy of the docker-compose.yml file to add a volume and mount for that directory so it persists.

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.4'

services:
   db:
     image: mysql:5.7
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: somewordpress
       MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
       MYSQL_USER: wordpress
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress

   wordpress:
     depends_on:
       - db
     image: gforghetti/wordpress:latest
     volumes:
       - php_data:/var/www/html
     ports:
       - "8000:80"
     restart: always
     environment:
       WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
       WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
volumes:
    db_data: {}
    php_data: {}