This is a very rudimentary setup for a router system that will mimic a Apache's .htaccess file. This way it is possible to use a .htaccess file together with the PHP 5.4's built-in webserver.

The whole idea will be that we should be able to run any framework or system that normally depends on htaccess (mostly the rewrite parts):

$ php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t /var/www router.php

The router script should read and interpret the .htaccess file found in the current directory and rewrite / fetch the actual file it needs.

This is work in progress. Allthough though some .htaccess functionality is already possible, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to implement it so it can run out of the box!

The software is packaged as a PHAR file. This means the whole setup can be run by the following:

Download the PHAR file (htrouter.phar) or build by running phar/buildphar.php $ php -S 0.0.0.0:80 -t /var/www path/to/htrouter.phar

The internal PHP webserver is NOT meant to be a replacement for any production webserver. It should only used for development purposes!