web_server/index

* :doc:`/cookbook/web_server/index`

* :doc:`/cookbook/web_server/built_in`

* (configuration) :doc:`/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration`

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single: Web Server; Built-in Web Server

How to Use PHP's built-in Web Server

Since PHP 5.4 the CLI SAPI comes with a `built-in web server`_. It can be used

to run your PHP applications locally during development, for testing or for

application demonstrations. This way, you don't have to bother configuring

a full-featured web server such as

:doc:`Apache or Nginx </cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration>`.

.. caution::

The built-in web server is meant to be run in a controlled environment.

It is not designed to be used on public networks.

Starting the Web Server

Running a Symfony application using PHP's built-in web server is as easy as

executing the ``server:run`` command:

.. code-block:: bash

This starts a server at ``localhost:8000`` that executes your Symfony application.

The command will wait and will respond to incoming HTTP requests until you

terminate it (this is usually done by pressing Ctrl and C).

By default, the web server listens on port 8000 on the loopback device. You

can change the socket passing an ip address and a port as a command-line argument:

.. code-block:: bash

Command Options

The built-in web server expects a "router" script (read about the "router"

script on `php.net`_) as an argument. Symfony already passes such a router

script when the command is executed in the ``prod`` or in the ``dev`` environment.

Use the ``--router`` option in any other environment or to use another router

script:

.. code-block:: bash

If your application's document root differs from the standard directory layout,

you have to pass the correct location using the ``--docroot`` option:

.. code-block:: bash

.. _`built-in web server`: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php

.. _`php.net`: http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php#example-401

Web Server

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built_in

.. seealso::

Read more about the internal server :doc:`in the cookbook </cookbook/web_server/built_in>`.