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> Warning This web server was designed to aid application development. It may also be useful for testing purposes or for application demonstrations that are run

> Warning This web server was designed to aid application development. It may also be useful for testing purposes or for application demonstrations that are run in controlled environments. It is not intended to be a full-featured web server. It should not be used on a public network.

phre4k 6y ago
Want to bet some people will integrate this into their "prod" Docker containers?
- ClikeX 6y ago
  I smell a Medium article coming up.
  - akie 6y ago
    This built-in server has been around since March 2012. If there are any Medium articles to be written, they're probably out there already.
  - toxican 6y ago
    Titled "5 Reasons you don't need Apache/nginx anymore", filled with misinformation, and a comment section full of people ripping it apart. Or at least that's been my experience with Medium since I started using it a few months ago.
- deepstack 6y ago
  Yup. With the way how php has being deploying over the last 20 years I wouldn't be surprised.
- frenchman99 6y ago
  This web server has been available for a long time. Sure you can misuse pretty much any technology. Rolling your own crypto is possible too but most people don't do it. People tend to use ready-made Docker containers for PHP deployment. The official PHP image has apache and fpm versions: https://hub.docker.com/_/php/ https://hub.docker.com/_/php/
  - bovermyer 6y ago
    Most of the enterprise world (which still accounts for far more code in production than startupland) doesn't use Docker. But they also don't use this web server. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using this web server, actually, even for development.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  I bet people won't. Ready-made docker solutions are based around nginx/apache and shared hosting stacks were in place long before php built-in webserver was available. There's no reasons and incentives to change all that.
  - Mary-Jane 6y ago
    “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” ― Douglas Adams
throwaway8941 6y ago
It's also pretty slow. I use it in development sometimes, and it easily blocks on a single long request. Works fine for development though, or if you want a quick and dirty solution to send a large file to a smartphone (or whatever).
- halfdan 6y ago
  Looks like that as of 7.4 it supports multiple workers for concurrent request handling.
deweller 6y ago
It is also single threaded. One would see serious performance issues if one tried to use this in production with any significant traffic.

phre4k 6y ago

Want to bet some people will integrate this into their "prod" Docker containers?

ClikeX 6y ago
I smell a Medium article coming up.
- akie 6y ago
  This built-in server has been around since March 2012. If there are any Medium articles to be written, they're probably out there already.
- toxican 6y ago
  Titled "5 Reasons you don't need Apache/nginx anymore", filled with misinformation, and a comment section full of people ripping it apart. Or at least that's been my experience with Medium since I started using it a few months ago.
deepstack 6y ago
Yup. With the way how php has being deploying over the last 20 years I wouldn't be surprised.
frenchman99 6y ago
This web server has been available for a long time. Sure you can misuse pretty much any technology. Rolling your own crypto is possible too but most people don't do it. People tend to use ready-made Docker containers for PHP deployment. The official PHP image has apache and fpm versions: https://hub.docker.com/_/php/ https://hub.docker.com/_/php/
- bovermyer 6y ago
  Most of the enterprise world (which still accounts for far more code in production than startupland) doesn't use Docker. But they also don't use this web server. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using this web server, actually, even for development.
johnchristopher 6y ago
I bet people won't. Ready-made docker solutions are based around nginx/apache and shared hosting stacks were in place long before php built-in webserver was available. There's no reasons and incentives to change all that.
- Mary-Jane 6y ago
  “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” ― Douglas Adams

throwaway8941 6y ago

It's also pretty slow. I use it in development sometimes, and it easily blocks on a single long request. Works fine for development though, or if you want a quick and dirty solution to send a large file to a smartphone (or whatever).

halfdan 6y ago
Looks like that as of 7.4 it supports multiple workers for concurrent request handling.

deweller 6y ago

It is also single threaded. One would see serious performance issues if one tried to use this in production with any significant traffic.