Using PHP Built-in webserver

As of PHP 5.4.0, you can use PHP’s on built-in web server for development.

To start the server type:

  1. php -S localhost:8000 -t /web_root

If you want to rewrite the URIs to the index.php file use the following router file (.htrouter.php):

  1. <?php
  2. if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
  3.     $_GET['_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
  4. }
  5. return false;

and then start the server from the base project directory with:

  1. php -S localhost:8000 -t /public .htrouter.php

Then point your browser to http://localhost:8000/ to check if everything is working.