Running Magento in PHP 5.4's built-in web server
Whilst this isn't a good idea for a production store, if you want to just experiment or develop locally, this works just fine.
Instructions for Debian
cat >> /etc/apt/sources.lst <<EOF
deb https://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all
deb-src https://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all
EOF
wget -qO - https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install php5-cli php5-mysqlnd php5-mcrypt php5-common php-pear php5-dev php5-mysql php5-curl php5-mcrypt php5-gd php5-cli php5-xsl php5-imagick
Then make a simple router, that mimicked the rules in a stock Magento .htaccess
.
Put this in router.php
in your Magento base directory.
<?php
if (preg_match('#^/api/rest#', $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])) {
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = 'api.php?type=rest';
} elseif (preg_match('#^/(media|skin|js)#', $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])) {
return false;
} elseif (file_exists(".".$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])) {
return false;
} else {
include_once 'index.php';
}
?>
Then start the PHP server and point it at router.php
(the file from above).
php -S 127.0.0.1:80 router.php
That's it - now just point your web browser at your new PHP web server.