diff --git a/php_code/.gitignore b/php_code/.gitignore
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+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile
+
+.DS_Store
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+
+
+
+/vendor
+/node_modules
+/public/hot
+/public/storage
+/storage
+/bootstrap/cache
+/.env
+.env.backup
+.phpunit.result.cache
+Homestead.yaml
+Homestead.json
+/.vagrant
+npm-debug.log
+yarn-error.log
+.idea
+.vscode