#!/bin/bash -x
 
# Taken from: https://gist.github.com/Jiab77/4d3c1abeb9be4119f33031750cf580d4
# Increasing local web server performances as possible
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39842170/load-balancing-php-built-in-server/47103758#47103758
 
# get a random port -- this could be improved
port=$(shuf -i 2048-65000 -n 1)
 
# start the PHP server in the background
if [[ -d "$(realpath ${1:?Missing path to serve})" ]]; then
    php -S localhost:"${port}" -t "$(realpath ${1:?Missing path to serve})" &
else
    php -S localhost:"${port}" "$(realpath ${1:?Missing path to serve})" &
fi
pid=$!
 
# try to adjust delay to improve performances
sleep 0.2
 
# proxy standard in to nc on that port
nc localhost "${port}"
 
# kill the server we started
kill "${pid}"