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lox/phpup
=========

Run a minimal apache instance for a given php script or directory

v1.0.0(13y ago)37355MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 6Pushed 12y ago3 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/lox/phpup)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lox/phpup)[ RSS](/packages/lox-phpup/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Phpup
=====

[](#phpup)

Often in development you'll want to run a php project without writing up a full apache config for it. This generates a minimal apache config and runs an apache instance in the foreground.

Tested under:

- Ubuntu 12.04
- Ubuntu 10.04
- Mac OSX 10.7
- Mac OSX 10.8

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
cd /usr/local/bin
wget https://raw.github.com/lox/phpup/master/phpup
chmod +x phpup
```

Alternately, if you want it as part of your project, install [via composer](https://packagist.org/packages/lox/phpup).

Running
-------

[](#running)

```
# Serving the present dir on default port
./phpup

# Serving a single file
./phpup -p 8000 helloworld.php

# Serving cwd directory with an .htaccess
./phpup -p 800 .
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4911d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15758?v=4)[Lachlan Donald](/maintainers/lox)[@lox](https://github.com/lox)

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Top Contributors

[![lox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15758?v=4)](https://github.com/lox "lox (17 commits)")[![richo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/476418?v=4)](https://github.com/richo "richo (4 commits)")[![mtibben](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/980499?v=4)](https://github.com/mtibben "mtibben (3 commits)")[![miccheng](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/211980?v=4)](https://github.com/miccheng "miccheng (1 commits)")

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Tags

apachewebserver

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