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4lb0/phps
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PHP Server: an improvement for the built-in server

v1.2.0(4y ago)117MITShellPHP >=5.4

Since Nov 1Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Server
==========

[](#php-server)

[![Usage screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142173/139636053-e3d177a7-1cab-4012-bd17-a203869eaa5a.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142173/139636053-e3d177a7-1cab-4012-bd17-a203869eaa5a.png)

An improvement for the [built-in web server](https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php).

It uses 8080 port by default or set option `-r` to use a random port.

Also run [LiveReload](https://www.npmjs.com/package/livereload) if available.

**Usage:**

```
phps [-r] [-t docroot] [router]

```

**Options:**

- `-r, --random` Run PHP and Livereload on random ports.
- `-t, --docroot` Starting with a specific document root directory
- `-h, --help` Show this help

**Set up:**

Use composer

```
composer global require 4lb0/phps

```

Or download the [phps](/phps) file.

**Save parameters in composer.json**

You may add `[-t docroot] [router]` in a custom key `phps` in the `extra` section of your composer.json.

For example if you run it `phps -r -t public app.php` add the following configuration to your composer.json and then run it with just `php -r`

```
"extra": {
  "phps":
    "router": "app.php",
    "docroot": "public/",
    "config": "etc/php.ini",
    "extraExtensions": "scss,phtml"
}

```

**Requirements:**

- PHP version 5.4 or newer versions
- Bash support
- Optional: [LiveReload](https://www.npmjs.com/package/livereload)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~10 days

Total

4

Last Release

1629d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25706?v=4)[albo](/maintainers/albo)[@albo](https://github.com/albo)

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Top Contributors

[![4lb0](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142173?v=4)](https://github.com/4lb0 "4lb0 (12 commits)")

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Tags

phpserverutilityutilityserver

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