Simple web server

Sometimes you just need a simple web server to quickly test a piece of HTML or CSS before uploading it to its final location. Both Python and PHP provide a built-in web server.

Move to the directory containing the files you want to be served by the web server and start the web server process by using one of the following commands

Using Python

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Using PHP version 5.4.0 and higher

php -S localhost:8000

for PHP you can also specify the document root removing the requirement to move to the directory first

php -S localhost:8000 -t /home/fmeus/www/