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robloach/httpserver
===================

Wrapper around PHP 5.4's HTTP Server.

46PHP

Since Oct 11Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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HttpServer
==========

[](#httpserver)

A wrapper around PHP 5.4's HTTP Server.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.4

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

[](#installation)

In your [composer.json](http://getcomposer.org), add the following:

```
"require" {
    "robloach/httpserver": "*"
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Set up the HTTP web server.
$server = new HttpServer\HttpServer('/var/www', 'localhost', 8080);
$server->start();

// Do something with it.
$contents = file_get_contents('http://localhost:8080/example.php');

// Now that we've done something, let's shut it down.
$server->stop();
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
php composer.phar install --dev
php vendor/bin/phpunit

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25086?v=4)[Rob Loach](/maintainers/RobLoach)[@RobLoach](https://github.com/RobLoach)

---

Top Contributors

[![RobLoach](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25086?v=4)](https://github.com/RobLoach "RobLoach (3 commits)")

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