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LuisHP
LuisHP

Reputation: 49

How to use built-in PHP web server with spaces in custom root path

In Windows, I'm succesfully using PHP built-in web server with a custom path as a root folder and my own php.ini file using this command line:

php.exe -S localhost:80 -t c:\custom\path -c php.ini

But whenever the custom path has a space character it fails and the server refuses to initialize, so using 'localhost' as URL gives a connection timeout error. It works fine if no spaces in path name.

I've tried using quotation marks before and after the path name and also replacing spaces with + character or %20 with no luck.

Not working samples:

php.exe -S localhost:80 -t c:\my custom\path -c php.ini

php.exe -S localhost:80 -t "c:\my custom\path" -c php.ini

"php.exe -S localhost:80 -t "c:\my custom\path" -c php.ini"

Any suggestion is very much appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 529

Answers (1)

Dharman
Dharman

Reputation: 33403

The order of arguments matter when starting PHP.exe
If you execute it with -c option before -t option it should work.
As for the path with spaces it needs to be enclosed in double quotes.

As an example this is what I tried on my local Windows machine: 

php.exe -S localhost:80 -c php.ini -t "C:\xampp\htdocs\formatter - Copy\"

Upvotes: 4

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