Call PHP server from within PHP

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PHP 5.4 has the built-in server (php -S localhost:8080). I'd like to be able to "create_server" (or similar, clearly don't know the function name) from within a PHP script (and without resolving to system, system_exec, exec, or backticks), but I don't see that in the documentation. Is this possible?

By "call this", what do you mean exactly? Start up an instance of it? Note that the built-in web server is really only designed for testing and demonstration purposes. — IMSoP
– IMSoP, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 13:11
How exactly do you intend to run php script anyway, if your php server is not up and running? — dkasipovic
– dkasipovic, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 13:12
Perhaps you're looking for this? stackoverflow.com/questions/8377178/… — Steve
– Steve, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 13:12
I have only one question - why? (answering this question may help to understand original issue and resolve it in proper way). Or is it just curiosity? — Alma Do
– Alma Do, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 13:27
@AlmaDo I'd like to be able to run the server within another process. I'd like the other process to be written in PHP. — cwallenpoole
– cwallenpoole, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 15:41

cwallenpoole · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 20:05:44Z

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Barring an actual trip through PHP's C source, the answer to this question seems to be "There is no way to accomplish this"

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 20:05

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