HttpServer

This is a http server for PHP completely written in PHP - HttpServer.

> Why do you do this? > - Because I can.

Features

1. Different hostnames.
2. GET and POST requests.
3. PHP files starting (with properly filled _SERVER, _POST, _GET, _COOKIE) and static files downloading.
4. Forking on any request to avoid delays.
5. Compression gzip, deflate.

Configuration

All configuration in file httpserver.configuration. It has blocks and directives inside blocks. For example, this is default configuration:

global:
    listen 80

wapcode.ru:
    document_root C:\Users\User\Documents;
    match *.(png|jpe?g|gif):
        cache 30d;
    replace (.+) /index.php?$1 not_exist;

default:
    document_root C:\Users\User\Documents;
    compress gzip,deflate;

global.conf:
    document_root C:\Users\User\global.conf;

Some special host names:

1. global - is not a hostname. It is server configuration.
2. default - is default hostname. If user did not provide host this host will be used.

Server configuration

Inside server configuration following directives available.

• listen [port].

  > Sets server port to listen on.

Hosts configuration

Inside a block following directives available.

• document_root [folder]. > Specifies root folder for hostname. Must not end with slash.
• replace [what] [with that] [flags]. > Allows replace requested path with regular expressions. First argument is an regular expression. Second is a destination path. (Must start with slash). Last arg is flags. not_exist flag changes behavior of replacement: if requested path exist, even if path matches expression, replacement will not be performed.
• compress [methods]. > Sets available compression methods for response generation. Available: gzip,defalte.
• match [regex]. > Specifies additional directives for special path(s).
• cache [cache timeout]. > Tells server to add Cache header in response.

Usage

1. Download and unpack archive
2. Update with composer (composer update)
3. Run bin/httpserver (php bin/httpserver)