Yii serve using PHP's built in server

README.md

Found this on Yii wiki: Yii 2.0: PHP built-in server integration

Really cool and my default when working with Yii.

Place the ServeController.php file in "commands/" folder.

From the root of your project run "./yii serve" on Linux/BSD/OSX or "yii.bat serve" on Windows.

Open your browser to "http://localhost:8080" and work.

Supports the equivalent of Apache's mod_rewrite.

If you have problems with the network port 8080 (maybe Skype ;) ) or want to run it accessible in your network or on the internet (port forward in your router), the pass arguments to the "Yii CLI tool" like this: "./yii serve web 192.168.0.101 8888", where you would replace your IP and the port you want.

ServeController.php

<?php
namespace app\commands;
 
use yii\console\Controller;
 
/**
 * This command runs PHP built in web server
 *
 * @author Headshaker
 */
class ServeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * This command echoes what you have entered as the message.
     * @param string $root web root location relative to Yii app root.
     * @param string $host hostname of the server.
     * @param string $port port to listen for connections.
     */
    public function actionIndex($root = "web", $host="localhost", $port= 8080)
    {
        $basePath = \Yii::$app->basePath;
 
        $webRoot = $basePath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$root;
 
        echo "Yii dev server started on http://{$host}:{$port}/\n";
        echo "Document root is \"{$webRoot}\"\n";
 
        passthru('"'.PHP_BINARY.'"'." -S {$host}:{$port} -t \"{$webRoot}\"")."\n";
    }
}