How to make "php -S" to work on local network?

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In OS X Mavericks (and newer), start a PHP server from the command line:

cd to/your/directory
php -S localhost:8888

It works, but the server only available on that computer only. Is there a way to test it on other devices within the same LAN?

Answer

cmorrissey picture cmorrissey · Nov 19, 2015

EDIT:

You will want to launch the server with the command

php -S 0.0.0.0:8888

This will allow you to access the server remotely (see docs http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php)

After this is done there are 2 ways to view the site on your local network

http://192.168.1.2:8888 where 192.168.1.2 is the IP address of your computer which you can find in your System Preferences under Network.

http://myMac.local:8888 where myMac is your local computer name which you can find in your System Preferences under Sharing.

Both of these options may require you to disable your firewall if you have that running.

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