Apache-like rules for the PHP internal CLI server

cliserver.php

<?php

// public/cliserver.php (router script)
if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli-server') {
    die('this is only for the php development server');
}

$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/'.$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
if (is_file($path)) {
    return false;
}

function test($path) {
    $file = $path . '/index.php';
    if ($path == '/' || $path=='\\' || is_file($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $file)) {
        $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = $file;
        require ltrim(ltrim($file, '\\'), '/');
        return true;
    }
    $path = dirname($path);
    return test($path);
}
test($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);