Embed a web-server that can handle multiple requests at the same time

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Seems like the PHP built-in webserver is not multi-threaded, it
can handle only one request at the same time, this can be a problem
when executing scripts that take a significant amount of time. Take 
for example this scenario:

test1.php
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{{{
<?php
sleep(5);
print("test1 finished.");
?>
}}}

test2.php
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{{{
<?php
print("test2 finished.");
?>
}}}

Run test1.php & test2.php, you will see that you have to wait five
seconds before test2.php is executed, as test1.php has made the
web-server busy.

The same problem exists when using direct PHP API calls, see Issue 3.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 5:26

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Problem also exists with the Thread Safe version of PHP.

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 5:48

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One of the options is to embed embed a web-server like Mongoose, which 
is written in C,only 140 KB, with CGI support, it is cross-platform and 
MIT licensed, this is the only option for Internet Explorer engine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongoose_(web_server)

Wich Chrome we can implement a custom scheme handler, thus making web-server
an optional thing, we could go with direct PHP API calls to execute scripts,
but this would have to be done in a multi-threaded manner, CEF would need to
have a multi-threaded message loop.

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 6:03

• Changed title: Embed a web-server that can handle multiple requests at the same time

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Mongoose official website is at:
http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 6:11

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Mongoose PHP example (available in Downloads) comes with a Thread Safe
version of PHP, as I see "php5ts.dll".

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 6:17

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I've tested test1.php and test2.php with Mongoose and it works great.

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 6:19

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The question is whether we should embed Mongoose directly in our application,
or distribute "Mongoose.exe" along with "mongoose.conf" & "php-cgi.exe". When
running Mongoose.exe I don't see php-cgi.exe in the processes, maybe if we
embed through the C API we won't have any additional processes except the
"phpdesktop-msie.exe", that would be great, if anything hangs up there won't
be any gargage still running in the background.

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 6:25

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"php-cgi.exe" appears in processes only while php script is running.

Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jan 2013 at 7:11

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Original comment by [email protected] on 16 Jan 2013 at 5:54

• Added labels: NextRelease

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PHP web-server is not reliable, it sometimes doesn't start for 
unknown reason.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 4:35

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Mongoose allows us to log the coming http requests directly to application's
debugging console.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 2:58

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Mongoose options:
https://github.com/valenok/mongoose/wiki/Manual

We might consider adding these to settings.json:
  access_log_file
  enable_directory_listing
  error_log_file
  extra_mime_types
  num_threads
  url_rewrite_patterns

Create a separate issue for adding this options.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 4:02

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This feature was added in revision 302ce0d6e6e3.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Jan 2013 at 5:58

• Changed state: Fixed

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Project will move to Github. Find this issue at the new address (soon): 
https://github.com/cztomczak/phpdesktop/issues/14

Original comment by [email protected] on 24 Aug 2015 at 3:14