+++
date    = "2022-07-06T22:57:01+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-07-06T22:57:01+00:00"
tags    = [ "webdev", "gists" ]
author  = "tdro"
+++

{{< disclose >}}
Web servers can be spun up quickly on the command line but with gotchas.
{{</ disclose >}}

Take the _innocent_ {{< abbr `PHP` "Hypertext Preprocessor" >}} web server
{{< abbr cli "command line interface" >}}.

```shell
php -S 127.0.0.1:8080
```

Best not to use `PHP`'s web server `cli` (even for PHP) because routes with a
dot (.) are [assumed](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61286) to be
[static files](https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3215). Use a real web server
or superior `cli` web servers with minor gotchas.

```shell
python -m http.server --bind 127.0.0.1 8080
busybox httpd -f -p 127.0.0.1:8080
ruby -run -e httpd . -p 8080
```