PHP Server

Host / serve current workspace (or subfolder) with PHP.

Getting started

There are multiple ways of running PHP server:

• CTRL + SHIFT + P and searching for PHP Server: Serve project command
• Clicking on vscode's editor button (icon on the top-right corner)
• Right-clicking on vscode's editor when a .php or an .html is open.

To stop the server, the PHP Server: Stop project command can be executed likewise.

Commands

All commands can be executed by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + P and typing the name of the command.

Command	Notes
PHP Server: Serve project
PHP Server: Stop project
PHP Server: Reload server	Stops the running server and starts it again.
PHP Server: Open file in browser	Quickly opens the URL of the active file in the browser. If the server is not running, this command will fail.

Settings

Setting	Default	Notes
phpserver.autoOpenOnReload	true	Enable/disable automatic opening of server's URL in the browser after server has been reloaded.
phpserver.browser	null	App used to open the server URL. If empty, it will use the default browser. You can put any browser name here as long as it's installed in your machine (e.g. google-chrome, firefox, chromium-browser...)
phpserver.ip	localhost	Server's ip/hostname (e.g. localhost, 0.0.0.0...)
phpserver.phpConfigPath	null	Path to php.ini file. If empty, the extension uses the default path.
phpserver.phpPath	null	Path to PHP executable. If empty, the extension will try to get the path from the $PATH environment variable.
phpserver.port	3000	Server's port number.
phpserver.relativePath	"."	Path relative to project. This is useful when you want to serve a different folder than the one from current workspace.
phpserver.router	null	Path to custom router script that will be used by PHP server. Example. If a custom router script is used on a Windows machine, there will be no console output unless a logger like this is included in the script.

Requirements

• PHP needs to be installed in order to be able to use this extension.

Author

Brais Piñeiro