grunt-php

Start a PHP-server

Pretty much a drop-in replacement for grunt-contrib-connect. Useful for eg. developing PHP projects or running tests on it.

Uses the built-in server in PHP 5.4.0+.

Doesn't have a middleware option as grunt-contrib-connect does.

Install

$ npm install --save-dev grunt-php

Usage

require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt); // npm install --save-dev load-grunt-tasks

grunt.initConfig({
	php: {
		dist: {
			options: {
				port: 5000
			}
		}
	}
});

grunt.registerTask('default', ['php']);

Examples

Start a persistent PHP-server and open in browser

grunt.initConfig({
	php: {
		test: {
			options: {
				keepalive: true,
				open: true
			}
		}
	}
});

grunt.registerTask('test', ['php', 'mocha']);

Use it with BrowserSync

grunt.initConfig({
	php: {
		dist: {
			options: {
				hostname: '127.0.0.1',
				port: 9000,
				base: 'dist', // Project root
				keepalive: false,
				open: false
			}
		}
	},
	browserSync: {
		dist: {
			bsFiles: {
				src: [
					// Files you want to watch for changes
				]
			},
			options: {
				proxy: '<%= php.dist.options.hostname %>:<%= php.dist.options.port %>',
				watchTask: true,
				notify: true,
				open: true,
				logLevel: 'silent',
				ghostMode: {
					clicks: true,
					scroll: true,
					links: true,
					forms: true
				}
			}
		}
	},
	watch: {
		// Your watch tasks
	}
});

grunt.registerTask('serve', [
	'php:dist',         // Start PHP Server
	'browserSync:dist', // Using the php instance as a proxy
	'watch'             // Any other watch tasks you want to run
]);

Use it with grunt-contrib-watch

grunt.initConfig({
	php: {
		watch: {}
	}
});

grunt.registerTask('phpwatch', ['php:watch', 'watch']);

Add path for a custom error log

grunt.initConfig({
	php: {
		dist: {
			options: {
				directives: {
					'error_log': require('path').resolve('logs/error.log')
				}
			}
		}
	}
});

grunt.registerTask('default', ['php']);

Options

port

Type: number
Default: 8000

The port on which you want to access the webserver. Task will fail if the port is already in use. Use the special value ? to use a system-assigned port.

hostname

Type: string
Default: '127.0.0.1' (usually same as localhost)

The hostname the webserver will use.

Use 0.0.0.0 if you want it to be accessible from the outside.

base

Type: string
Default: '.'

From which folder the webserver will be served. Defaults to the directory of the Gruntfile.

keepalive

Type: boolean
Default: false

Keep the server alive indefinitely. Any task specified after this will not run.

This option can also be enabled ad-hoc by running the task like grunt php:targetname:keepalive

open

Type: boolean or string Default: false

Open a browser when task is triggered.

Can be one of the following:

true: opens the default server URL ('http://' + hostname + port)
a relative URL (string): opens that URL in the browser. Useful when testing pages that are not the default one.

router

Type: string

Optionally specify the path to a router script that is run at the start of each HTTP request. If this script returns false, then the requested resource is returned as-is. Otherwise the script's output is returned to the browser.

Example router script:

<?php
// router.php
if (preg_match('/\.(?:png|jpg|jpeg|gif)$/', $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])) {
	return false;    // serve the requested resource as-is
} else {
	echo "<p>Thanks for using grunt-php :)</p>";
}
?>

bin

Type: string
Default: 'php'

Path to the PHP binary. Useful if you have multiple versions of PHP installed.

ini

Type: string
Default: Built-in php.ini

Path to a custom php.ini config file.

silent

Type: boolean
Default: false

Suppress output produced by the PHP-server.

directives

Type: object
Default: {}

Add custom ini directives.

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