Server Shell¶
The ServerShell lets you stand up a simple webserver using the built in PHP
webserver. While this server is not intended for production use it can
be handy in development when you want to quickly try an idea out and don’t want
to spend time configuring Apache or Nginx. You can start the server shell with:
$ bin/cake server
You should see the server boot up and attach to port 8765. You can visit the
CLI server by visiting http://localhost:8765
in your web-browser. You can close the server by pressing CTRL-C in your
terminal.
Note
Try bin/cake server -H 0.0.0.0 if the server is unreachable from other hosts.
Changing the Port and Document Root¶
You can customize the port and document root using options:
$ bin/cake server --port 8080 --document_root path/to/app