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Run a Wordpress site via PHP's built-in web server
<?php
$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
chdir($root);
$path = '/'.ltrim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])['path'],'/');
set_include_path(get_include_path().':'.__DIR__);
if(file_exists($root.$path))
{
if(is_dir($root.$path) && substr($path,strlen($path) - 1, 1) !== '/')
$path = rtrim($path,'/').'/index.php';
if(strpos($path,'.php') === false) return false;
else {
chdir(dirname($root.$path));
require_once $root.$path;
}
}else include_once 'index.php';
@pyrmont
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pyrmont commented Feb 19, 2013

I think this is missing a ?> at the end of the file.

@jfrux
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jfrux commented Jun 24, 2013

How to get wp-admin to show up?
It's not loading for me... just loads the homepage instead...

@lpirola
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lpirola commented Sep 30, 2014

Work like a charm, tks!

@heimdallrj
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Is any simple way to remove the index.php part of the URL. (without using .htaccess)

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