Run/Debug Configuration: PHP Built-in Web Server
Use this dialog to configure running PHP applications on a local PHP built-in web server. Note that this configuration is not intended for starting a debugging session. To debug an application running on the built-in server, start the application through this configuration and then connect to the running application as described in Zero-Configuration Debugging.
The dialog consists of the following areas:
Server Configuration area
In this area, configure the access to the built-in Web server.
Item | Description |
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Host | In this field, type the name of the host the PHP built-in web server runs on. By default, host is set to localhost, because the built-in server is located on your machine. |
Port | Use this spin box to specify the port on which the PHP built-in web server runs. By default this port is set to port 80. You can set the port number to any other value starting with 1024 and higher. |
Document root | In this field, type the full path to the folder that will be considered server document root. This can be either the project root or any other folder under it. All the folders under the document root will be recursively submitted to the PHP interpreter. The server document root folder will be accessed through HTTP at the above specified host:port. URL addresses for other pages of your applications will be composed based on this mapping. Type the path manually or click Browse |
Use router script | Select this checkbox to have a PHP router script executed at every HTTP request start-up. The script is run for each HTTP request. If this script returns FALSE, the requested resource is returned as-is. Otherwise the script output is returned to the browser. In the field, specify the location of the script to run. Type the path manually or click Browse |
and choose the relevant folder in the dialog that opens. Command Line area
In this area, customize the behavior of the current PHP interpreter by specifying the options and arguments to be passed to the PHP executable file.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Interpreter options | In this field, specify the options to be passed to the PHP executable file. They override the default behavior of the PHP interpreter and/or ensure that additional activities are performed. If necessary, click |
Custom working directory | In this field, specify the location of the files that are outside the folder with your sources and are referenced through relative paths. Type the path manually or click Browse |
Environment variables | In this field, specify the environment variables be passed to the built-in server. See Environment Variables in Apache for details. |
and type the desired options in the Common options
When you edit a run configuration (but not a run configuration template), you can specify the following options:
Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | In this field, specify the name for the run/debug configuration. The name will help you identify the created configuration when you choose to edit it later, or when you invoke it, for example, from the Run popup (Shift+Alt+F10). |
| Share | Select this checkbox to make the run/debug configuration available to other team members. The shared run/debug configurations are kept in separate xml files under .idea\runConfigurations folder, while the local run/debug configurations are kept in the .idea\workspace.xml. |
| Allow running in parallel | If this checkbox is selected, it is possible to launch a run configuration multiple times in parallel instead of rerunning it. Each runner will start in its own tab of the Run Tool Window or Debug Tool Window. When disabled, every time a new instance of the run/debug configuration is launched, PhpStorm checks the presence of the other instances of the same run/debug configuration, and displays a confirmation dialog. If you click OK in the confirmation dialog, the first instance of the runner will be stopped, and the next one will take its place. This makes sense when launching two instances of run/debug configurations of the same type consumes too much of the CPU and memory resources.. |
Toolbar
The tree view of run/debug configurations has a toolbar that helps you manage configurations available in your project as well as adjust default configurations templates.
Item | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Alt+Insert | Create a run/debug configuration. |
 | Alt+Delete | Delete the selected run/debug configuration. Note that you cannot delete default configurations. |
 | Ctrl+D | Create a copy of the selected run/debug configuration. Note that you create copies of default configurations. |
 | The toolbar shows this button only when you select a temporary configuration. Click this button to save a temporary configuration as permanent. | |
 | View and edit the template (that is, the default settings) for the selected run/debug configuration. The templates are displayed under the Templates node and used for newly created configurations. | |
| Alt+Up/Alt+Down | Move the selected run/debug configuration up and down in the list. The order of configurations in the list defines the order, in which the configurations appear when you choose a run/debug configuration. Default templates of run/debug configurations are always sorted alphabetically. |
 | Move into new folder / Create new folder. You can group run/debug configurations by placing them into folders. To create a folder, select the configurations within a category, click Then, to move a configuration into a folder, between the folders or out of a folder, use drag or To remove grouping, select a folder and click | |
 | Click this button to sort configurations in the alphabetical order. |
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, and specify the folder name. If only a category is in focus, an empty folder is created. Before Launch options
In this area you can specify tasks that must be performed before starting the selected run/debug configuration. The tasks are performed in the order they appear in the list.
Item | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+Insert | Click this icon to add one of the following available tasks:
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| Alt+Delete | Click this icon to remove the selected task from the list. |
 | Enter | Click this icon to edit the selected task. Make the necessary changes in the dialog that opens. |
| Alt+Up/Alt+Down | Click these icons to move the selected task one line up or down in the list. (The tasks are performed in the order that they appear in the list.) |
Show this page | Select this checkbox to show the run/debug configuration settings prior to actually starting the run/debug configuration. | |
Activate tool window | By default this checkbox is selected and the Run or the Debug tool window opens when you start the run/debug configuration. Otherwise, if the checkbox is cleared, the tool window isn't shown. However, when the configuration is running, you can open the corresponding tool window for it yourself by pressing Alt+4 or Alt+5. |