serve.sh

#!/bin/sh

# default values

PORT=8081
APPLICATION_ENV="dev"


pointer=1

while [[ $pointer -le $# ]]; do
if [[ ${!pointer} != "-"* ]]; then ((pointer++)) # not a parameter flag so advance pointer
else
param=${!pointer}
((pointer_plus = pointer + 1))
slice_len=1

case $param in
# paramater-flags with arguments
-e|--environment) APPLICATION_ENV=${!pointer_plus}; ((slice_len++));;
-p|--port) PORT=${!pointer_plus}; ((slice_len++));;


# binary flags
#-v|--quiet) quiet=true;;
#        -d) debug=true;;
esac

# splice out pointer frame from positional list
[[ $pointer -gt 1 ]] \
&& set -- ${@:1:((pointer - 1))} ${@:((pointer + $slice_len)):$#} \
|| set -- ${@:((pointer + $slice_len)):$#};
fi
done

echo "Starting PHP internal server..."
echo ""
echo "Listening to port: $PORT"
echo "Application environment: $APPLICATION_ENV"
echo ""
echo ""
env APPLICATION_ENV=$APPLICATION_ENV php -S localhost:$PORT -t public