title: PHP Dev Server
tags: php net

Source: [php.net](https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php)

```bash
$ cd ~/public_html
$ php -S localhost:8000
$ php -S localhost:8000 -c php.ini
```

One of the comments:
```
It’s not mentioned directly, and may not be obvious, but you can also use this to create a virtual host. This, of course, requires the help of your hosts file.

Here are the steps:

1    /etc/hosts
    127.0.0.1    www.example.com

2    cd [root folder]
    php -S www.example.com:8000

3    Browser:
    http://www.example.com:8000/index.php

Combined with a simple SQLite database, you have a very handy testing environment.
```