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wp-php-toolkit/http-server
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HttpServer component for WordPress.

v0.8.1(1mo ago)1113GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.2

Since May 30Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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   slug httpserver   title HttpServer   install wp-php-toolkit/http-server   see\_also    cli | CLI | Expose a local browser UI from a command-line tool.

 httpclient | HttpClient | Test client code against a small local fixture server.

    A minimal blocking TCP HTTP server in pure PHP. For CLI tools and tests, not for production traffic.

Why this exists
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[](#why-this-exists)

Sometimes a PHP tool needs a tiny local HTTP surface: a test fixture server, a webhook receiver during development, a CLI tool with a browser UI, or a demo endpoint for another component. Pulling in a production web framework would obscure the example and add dependencies the toolkit avoids.

The HttpServer component is intentionally small: a blocking TCP server, incoming request objects, and response writers. It is useful for local tools and tests. It is not a replacement for nginx, Apache, php-fpm, RoadRunner, Swoole, or a production application server.

Hello world on port 8080
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[](#hello-world-on-port-8080)

**Run on your machine:** the Playground sandbox does not allow processes to bind listening TCP ports. Save this snippet locally and run `php hello-server.php`.

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