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[DevOps & Deployment](/categories/devops) 4. / 5. vtardia/simphle AbandonedArchivedLibrary[DevOps & Deployment](/categories/devops) vtardia/simphle =============== A quick and simple PHP server for development 1.0.3(10y ago)4531[1 PRs](https://github.com/vtardia/simphle/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.4 Since Mar 27Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vtardia/simphle)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vtardia/simphle)[ RSS](/packages/vtardia-simphle/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (5)Used By (0) Simphle - Quick PHP Development Server ====================================== [](#simphle---quick-php-development-server) Simphle is a friendly wrapper for PHP built-in web server, with some handy features for an easy developement. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 5.4 or above with built-in webserver and HTTP extension - The [Symphony Process Component](https://github.com/symfony/process) Installation ------------ [](#installation) 1. **Composer** ``` $ composer [global] require vtardia/simphle ``` Use the `global` option to install it globally on your system 2. **Custom** Clone this repository to a shared directory, for example `/usr/local/php/simphle` or `/Users/Shared/php/Simphle` on a Mac, then run `composer install`. Add the `bin` directory to your local path or create a link to the `bin/simphle` executable: ``` $ ln -s /usr/local/php/simphle/bin/simphle ~/bin/simphle ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Basic [](#basic) Start a server with default settings in the current directory: ``` $ cd /path/to/myapp/docroot $ simphle ``` ### Intermediate [](#intermediate) Start a server with custom settings from the command line: ``` $ cd /path/to/myapp $ simphle [-H host] [-p port] [-c path/to/php.ini] [-r path/to/router.php] [path/to/docroot] ``` ### Advanced [](#advanced) Create a `server.json` file in your project's directory with your custom settings and then launch `simphle` from inside that path. ``` { "host":"0.0.0.0", "port":5000, "docroot":"public", "router":"myrouter.php|default", "ini":"mysettings.ini|default", "controller": "mycontroller.php", "env": { "myvar": "somevalue", "anothervar": { "one": "foo", "two": "bar" } } } ``` The `router` and `ini` file paths are relative to the current working directory. The main `Simphle` script searches for these files in the current working directory first, then in Simphle's `share` directory. The `.php` and `.ini` extensions are not required for preset router and INI files. The `controller` file path is relative to the document root directory. #### Launch it with Composer [](#launch-it-with-composer) Create a `scripts` section in you `composer.json`: ``` "scripts": { "server": "simphle [options]" } ``` Then launch it using ``` $ composer server ``` #### The default router [](#the-default-router) Simphle's default router tries to simulate a typical Apache `.htaccess` file: ``` RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L] ``` If the requested URI exists tries to fetch it, if not it searches for an `index.php`, finally falls back to a "404 not found" error. #### Using a front controller [](#using-a-front-controller) By specifying a `controller` settings Simphle uses this file as rewrite target instead of `index.php`, so you can use for example `app.php`. #### Customizing the environment [](#customizing-the-environment) The `env` section defines environment variables that are passed to the PHP files through the `$_ENV` superglobal. JSON objects are converted to associative arrays. Sometimes the `$_ENV` superglobal is not populated. It depends on the `variables_order` settings in `php.ini`: ``` ; This directive determines which super global arrays are registered when PHP ; starts up. If the register_globals directive is enabled, it also determines ; what order variables are populated into the global space. G,P,C,E & S are ; abbreviations for the following respective super globals: GET, POST, COOKIE, ; ENV and SERVER. There is a performance penalty paid for the registration of ; these arrays and because ENV is not as commonly used as the others, ENV is ; is not recommended on productions servers. You can still get access to ; the environment variables through getenv() should you need to. ; Default Value: "EGPCS" ; Development Value: "GPCS" ; Production Value: "GPCS"; ; http://php.net/variables-order variables_order = "GPCS" ``` This setting can be overridden by local `htaccess` or `php.ini` files. License ------- [](#license) Simphle is licensed under the MIT License - see the `LICENSE` file for details ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 54% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 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 ~106 days Total 4 Last Release 3749d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/539034?v=4)[Vito Tardia](/maintainers/vtardia)[@vtardia](https://github.com/vtardia) --- Top Contributors [![vtardia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/539034?v=4)](https://github.com/vtardia "vtardia (19 commits)") --- Tags server ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/vtardia-simphle/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/vtardia-simphle/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/vtardia-simphle) ``` ### Alternatives [spatie/laravel-webhook-server Send webhooks in Laravel apps 1.1k8.8M22](/packages/spatie-laravel-webhook-server)[pragmarx/health Laravel Server & App Health Monitor and Notifier 2.0k1.0M2](/packages/pragmarx-health)[felixfbecker/language-server-protocol PHP classes for the Language Server Protocol 22476.7M6](/packages/felixfbecker-language-server-protocol)[clue/socket-raw Simple and lightweight OOP wrapper for PHP's low-level sockets extension (ext-sockets). 35111.1M48](/packages/clue-socket-raw)[voryx/thruway Thruway WAMP router core 6771.0M17](/packages/voryx-thruway)[php-mcp/server PHP SDK for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers - Create MCP tools, resources, and prompts 828280.5k25](/packages/php-mcp-server) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)