Lumen php artisan serve improved (with support for .env - APP_HOST)

README.md

Copy ServeCommand.php to app/Console/Commands/ folder and edit app/Console/Kernel.php and put ServerCommand, like this:

<?php

namespace App\Console;

use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Laravel\Lumen\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;

class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
    protected $commands = [
        Commands\ServeCommand::class,
    ];

If you run the command:

php artisan serve

will start the local server based on APP_HOST (from your .env)

You can change the host or port:

php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

ServeCommand.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;

class ServeCommand extends Command {

    /**
     * The console command name.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $name = 'serve';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = "Serve the application on the PHP development server";

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $host = $this->input->getOption('host');

        $port = $this->input->getOption('port');

        $base = $this->laravel->basePath();

        $this->info("Lumen development server started on http://{$host}:{$port}/");

        passthru('"' . PHP_BINARY . '"' . " -S {$host}:{$port} -t \"{$base}/public\"");
    }

    /**
     * Get the console command options.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getOptions()
    {
        $url = env('APP_URL');

        return [
            [
                'host', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The host address to serve the application on.', parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST)
            ], [
                'port', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The port to serve the application on.', parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PORT)
            ],
        ];
    }

}