On Linux, php -S 0:8080 is shorter if you're just testing (as it's meant for) and have a firewall - though it opens it for 0.0.0.0 (anyone who can reach your sy

On Linux, php -S 0:8080 is shorter if you're just testing (as it's meant for) and have a firewall - though it opens it for 0.0.0.0 (anyone who can reach your system). Not sure about other OSes, I think I noticed this doesn't work on Windows once but that could also have been BSD or something.