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PhpBuiltinServer extension for Codeception

v1.5.0(6y ago)381.0M—6%35[10 PRs](https://github.com/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer/pulls)17MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

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[](#phpbuiltinserver--)

Codeception extension to start and stop PHP built-in web server for your tests.

Codeception BranchPhpBuiltinServer BranchStatus**Codeception 1.x****1.1.x**[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6f24f888d79fc8995647923e3dc8aab62accc0f8e62249f42d3660f6a837d864/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74696765722d73656f2f5068704275696c74696e5365727665722e706e673f6272616e63683d76312e312e78)](http://travis-ci.org/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer)**Codeception 2.0****1.2.x**[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b47144fbea212e5c94ce989db923b1022225196691c093ad02097126af6750b6/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74696765722d73656f2f5068704275696c74696e5365727665722e706e673f6272616e63683d76312e322e78)](http://travis-ci.org/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer)**Codeception 2.1, 2.2****1.3.x**[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93ebe73bba42472efa89ecc00060010a0c233fbb10b53a82326fbe6741fa5ebb/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74696765722d73656f2f5068704275696c74696e5365727665722e706e673f6272616e63683d76312e332e78)](http://travis-ci.org/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer)**Codeception 2.3****1.4.x**[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bc45394ebf0d7a0948b8fcf2628d85d0f03f5d2f12618cb86d79e863e512681d/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74696765722d73656f2f5068704275696c74696e5365727665722e706e673f6272616e63683d76312e342e78)](http://travis-ci.org/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer)**Codeception 3.0, 4.0****master**[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/db5b564b61566f67e051acfdf6386546afb82d395d5b01fcbf7d8b65398891df/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74696765722d73656f2f5068704275696c74696e5365727665722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/tiger-seo/PhpBuiltinServer)Minimum requirements
--------------------

[](#minimum-requirements)

- Codeception 3.0
- PHP 5.6

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Install [Codeception](http://codeception.com) via Composer
2. Add `codeception/phpbuiltinserver: "*"` to your `composer.json`
3. Run `composer install`
4. Include extensions into `codeception.yml` configuration:

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

### general example

[](#general-example)

```
paths:
    tests: .
    log: _log
    data: _data
    helpers: _helpers
extensions:
    enabled:
        - Codeception\Extension\PhpBuiltinServer
    config:
        Codeception\Extension\PhpBuiltinServer:
            hostname: localhost
            port: 8000
            autostart: true
            documentRoot: tests/_data
            startDelay: 1
            phpIni: /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
```

### example for projects based on Symfony

[](#example-for-projects-based-on-symfony)

```
paths:
    tests: .
    log: _log
    data: _data
    helpers: _helpers
extensions:
    enabled:
        - Codeception\Extension\PhpBuiltinServer
    config:
        Codeception\Extension\PhpBuiltinServer:
            hostname: localhost
            port: 8000
            autostart: true
            documentRoot: ../web
            router: ../web/app.php
            directoryIndex: app.php
            startDelay: 1
            phpIni: /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
```

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity50

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community32

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 79.1% 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 ~129 days

Recently: every ~250 days

Total

18

Last Release

2433d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0PHP >=5.4.0

v1.4.0PHP >=5.5.9

v1.5.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

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