Why is docker not serving my laravel automatically?

So i have a problem ai can’t seem to fix nor i can find a solution..

I am making a project using react, sass and laravel with docker and docker won’t serve my laravel online.. It keeps infinitely loading and i don’t know what to do anymore.

This is my directory tree, i know it’s scuffed but it works 🙂

my-project/   
├── backend/   
│ └── (Laravel files here)   
├── frontend/   
│ └── (React files here)  
├── docker/   
│ ├── backend/  
│     └── Dockerfile  
│ ├── frontend/   
│     └── Dockerfile   
└── docker-compose.yml  

This is my docker-compose.yml file:

version: '3.8'

services:
  backend:
    build:
      context: ../  # Root of the project
      dockerfile: docker/backend/Dockerfile  # Path to the Dockerfile
    image: lerenlerentool-backend
    container_name: lerenlerentool_backend
    restart: unless-stopped
    working_dir: /var/www
    entrypoint: php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0
    volumes:
      - ../backend:/var/www  # Maps the backend folder into the container
      - ./backend/php-local.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/local.ini
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    networks:
      - app-network
    environment:
      - APP_ENV=local
      - APP_DEBUG=true
      - APP_KEY=base64:ertrdSfHv01dD/4R6N6acsRQW+hLn3MTNmk84ypaW4I=
      - DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
      - DB_PORT=3306
      - DB_DATABASE=lerenlerentool
      - DB_USERNAME=test
      - DB_PASSWORD=1234
    depends_on:
      - db

  frontend:
    build:
      context: ../
      dockerfile: docker/frontend/Dockerfile
    image: lerenlerentool-frontend
    container_name: lerenlerentool_frontend
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3000:80"
    volumes:
      - ../frontend:/app
      - /app/node_modules
    networks:
      - app-network

  db:
    image: mysql:8.0
    container_name: lerenlerentool_db
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: lerenlerentool
      MYSQL_USER: test
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 1234
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 1234
    volumes:
      - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
    ports:
      - "3306:3306"
    networks:
      - app-network

  phpmyadmin:
    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
    container_name: lerenlerentool_phpmyadmin
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      PMA_HOST: db
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 1234
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    networks:
      - app-network

networks:
  app-network:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  dbdata:

And here is my dockerfile:

# Use a PHP image with FPM support
FROM php:8.2-fpm

# Install necessary PHP extensions
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev zip git unzip

# Install Composer (for Laravel dependency management)
COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/local/bin/composer

# Set the working directory to where the Laravel project is
WORKDIR /var/www/backend

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y 
    libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev 
    libonig-dev libzip-dev zip unzip git curl 
    && docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql bcmath mbstring

# Install PHP extensions
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql

# Copy the Laravel project files into the container
COPY backend /var/www/backend  

# Install Laravel dependencies via Composer
RUN composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev

# Install Node.js and npm (if necessary for any assets)
RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash - 
    && apt-get install -y nodejs

# Run Laravel migrations or other setup commands if needed
CMD php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000

# Expose the correct port (if needed for API)
EXPOSE 8000

I tried to edit my dockerfile with this:

CMD php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000

and my compose with this:

entrypoint: php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0

But i still have to go into the folder where my laravel project is and manually input the serve command into the cmd of that folder for the laravel to work.