diff --git a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3 b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3
index 1c9bc0b..d10fff2 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3
+++ b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
-FROM php:7.3-fpm
+# Create a base Ubuntu image to build upon
+# docker build --rm -f Dockerfile-71 -t composer:7.1 .
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
 MAINTAINER Richard Morgan <r_morgan@sympatico.ca>
 
 WORKDIR /opt/project
 
-#CMD ["/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.3", "-F"]
+EXPOSE 9000
 
-COPY ./docker-php-fpm.conf /etc/php/7.3fpm/pool.d/www.conf
+# set terminal variable so that tools such as nano and htop work
+# this is not needed in prod containers, but is useful for devs
+ENV TERM=xterm
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties \
+  && LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php \
+  && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    curl nano sed libwww-perl htop ca-certificates \
+    php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-fpm php7.3-curl php-pear php7.3-zip php7.3-mbstring php7.3-xml \
+    php7.3-mysql php7.3-pgsql php7.3-redis \
+    php-mcrypt \
+    \
+  && apt-cache pkgnames | grep php7.3 \
+  && rm /usr/bin/php && ln -s /usr/bin/php7.3 /usr/bin/php \
+  && ln -s /usr/sbin/php-fpm7.3 /usr/sbin/php-fpm \
+  && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
-RUN pecl install redis-5.1.1 \
-    && pecl install memcached-3.1.5 \
-    && pecl install apcu-5.1.18 \
-    && docker-php-ext-enable redis memcached apcu
+COPY ./docker-php-fpm.conf /etc/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
 
-RUN docker-php-ext-install mysql pgsql cli curl mcrypt zip mbstring xml
+CMD ["/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.3", "-F"]
 
-RUN docker-php-ext-enable mysql pgsql cli curl mcrypt zip mbstring xml
+#php7.3-mcrypt
diff --git a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3-dev b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3-dev
index 36c335c..d359e25 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3-dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/Dockerfile-7.3-dev
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-FROM dkregistry.xai-corp.net:5000/xaicorp/php:7.3
+# Create a base Ubuntu image to build upon
+FROM xaicorp/php:7.3
 MAINTAINER Richard Morgan <r_morgan@sympatico.ca>
 
-WORKDIR /opt/project
-
-#CMD ["/usr/sbin/php-fpm7.3", "-F"]
-
-COPY ./docker-php-fpm.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl nano sed git zip \
-  && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
-
-RUN pecl install redis-5.1.1 \
-    && pecl install xdebug-2.9.4 \
-    && docker-php-ext-enable redis xdebug
-
-RUN echo "xdebug.remote_enable=on" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
-  && echo "xdebug.remote_autostart=on" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
-  && echo "xdebug.remote_port = 9001" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
-  && echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=300" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
-  && echo "xdebug.remote_connect_back=1" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    php-xdebug \
+  && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
+  && echo "xdebug.remote_enable=on" >> /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/xdebug.ini \
+  && echo "xdebug.remote_autostart=on" >> /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/xdebug.ini \
+  && echo "xdebug.remote_port = 9001" >> /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/xdebug.ini \
+  && echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=300" >> /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/xdebug.ini \
+  && echo "xdebug.remote_connect_back=1" >> /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/xdebug.ini \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
diff --git a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/build.sh b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/build.sh
index 54a6068..2414594 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/tasks/php/build.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/tasks/php/build.sh
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ final() {
 }
 trap final EXIT
 
-build 7.0
-build_dev 7.0
-
+#build 7.0
+#build_dev 7.0
+#
 build 7.1
 build_dev 7.1
 
 build 7.2
 build_dev 7.2
 
-#build 7.3
-#build_dev 7.3
+build 7.3
+build_dev 7.3
 
 exit