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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?
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Type the command php -S localhost:8000 to run your site on port 8000. Note: If you get an error that 'php' is not recognized, you likely will need to add it to your path manually. To do that, locate php.exe (for me it is in the directory C:\xampp\php\ ).
A local server is a server that is running in a local or a mounted folder and whose document root is NOT the parent of the project root. To configure access to the server in this set-up, you need to specify the following: The server configuration root folder and the URL address to access it.
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.
REMEMBER: Both of these options may require your firewall to allow incoming traffic to port 8888 (or whatever port your script is listening on), if you have that running.
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Start with:
php -S 0.0.0.0:8888
otherwise you bind the server to localhost;
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