diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM php:8.3-apache
+
+# Copy the application files to the Apache web root
+COPY . /var/www/html/
+
+# Ensure proper permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
+
+# Replace the default Apache port (80) with the dynamic PORT environment variable provided by Railway, then start Apache
+CMD sed -i "s/80/$PORT/g" /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/ports.conf && apache2-foreground
diff --git a/nginx.template.conf b/nginx.template.conf
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--- a/nginx.template.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-worker_processes 5;
-daemon off;
-
-worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;
-
-events {
-  worker_connections  4096;  # Default: 1024
-}
-
-http {
-    include    $!{nginx}/conf/mime.types;
-    index    index.html index.htm index.php;
-
-    default_type application/octet-stream;
-    log_format   main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local]  $status '
-        '"$request" $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
-        '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
-    access_log /dev/stdout;
-    error_log /dev/stdout;
-    sendfile     on;
-    tcp_nopush   on;
-    server_names_hash_bucket_size 128; # this seems to be required for some vhosts
-
-    server {
-        listen 0.0.0.0:${PORT};
-        server_name localhost;
-
-        $if(NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR) (
-            root ${NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR};
-        ) else (
-            root /app;
-        )
-     
-        add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
-        add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
-     
-        index index.php;
-     
-        charset utf-8;
-     
-        $if(IS_LARAVEL) (
-            location / {
-                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
-            }
-        ) else ()
-        
-        $if(NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH) (
-          location / {
-            try_files $uri $uri/ ${NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH}?$query_string;
-          }
-        ) else ()
-     
-        location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
-        location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
-     
-        $if(IS_LARAVEL) (
-            error_page 404 /index.php;
-        ) else ()
-     
-        location ~ \.php$ {
-            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
-            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-            include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi_params;
-            include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
-
-            # --- CUSTOM: INCREASE BUFFERS TO FIX 502 BAD GATEWAY ---
-            fastcgi_buffers 64 32k;
-            fastcgi_buffer_size 64k;
-            fastcgi_busy_buffers_size 64k;
-            fastcgi_max_temp_file_size 0;
-        }
-     
-        location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
-            deny all;
-        }
-    }
-}