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hub20xx/php-local-server
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A class to manage PHP's built-in server

v1.1.5(9y ago)1221[1 PRs](https://github.com/hub20xx/php-local-server/pulls)MITPHP

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PHP Local Server: A class to manage PHP's built-in server
=========================================================

[](#php-local-server-a-class-to-manage-phps-built-in-server)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6c8aa42166e413536e608542c5e15db6f042187a7264ccd57adcb5e590f78271/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f687562323078782f7068702d6c6f63616c2d7365727665722e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/hub20xx/php-local-server)

You're on linux and you want a simple way to start and stop a local server.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require hub20xxx/php-local-server
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$docroot = __DIR__ . '/www';

// by default the server is running on 127.0.0.1:1111
$server = new PhpLocalServer\Server($docroot);

// you can specify the address and port
// in the constructor
$address = '127.0.0.2';
$port = '1234';
$server = new Server($docroot, $address, $port);

// or using the setters
$server = new Server($docroot);
$server->setAddress($address);
$server->setPort($port);

// setting environment variables
$server->setEnvironmentVariable('ENV', 'testing');
$server->setEnvironmentVariable('FOO', 'bar');

// starting the server
$server->start();

// using the server

// stopping the server
$server->stop();

// $server->stop() is called in the destructor in case you omit to stop the server
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE.md)

Credits / Thanks
----------------

[](#credits--thanks)

This package was inpired by [this blog post](http://tech.vg.no/2013/07/19/using-phps-built-in-web-server-in-your-test-suites/)

Many thanks :)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

If you'd like to contribute, please use Github (issues, pull requests etc).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

3345d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpdevserverclasslocallinuxBuilt-in

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