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Add passthrough arguments support via -- separator
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions features/server.feature
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Expand Up @@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ Feature: Serve WordPress locally
When I run `curl -sS localhost:8181/license.txt > /tmp/license.txt`
And I run `cmp /tmp/license.txt license.txt`
Then STDOUT should be empty

Scenario: Passthrough arguments to PHP binary
Given a WP install
And I launch in the background `wp server --host=localhost --port=8182 -- -dmemory_limit=256M`

When I run `curl -sS localhost:8182/wp-admin/install.php`
Then the return code should be 0
45 changes: 36 additions & 9 deletions src/Server_Command.php
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Expand Up @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class Server_Command extends WP_CLI_Command {
* [--config=<file>]
* : Configure the server with a specific .ini file.
*
* [<passthrough>...]
* : Optional arguments to pass to the PHP binary. Any arguments after `--`
* will be passed through to the `php` command.
*
* ## EXAMPLES
*
* # Make the instance available on any address (with port 8080)
Expand All @@ -57,9 +61,16 @@ class Server_Command extends WP_CLI_Command {
* Document root is /
* Press Ctrl-C to quit.
*
* # Pass extra parameters to the PHP binary
* $ wp server --docroot=public -- -dzend_extension=xdebug.so
* PHP 7.4.0 Development Server started at Wed Nov 10 18:00:00 2025
* Listening on http://localhost:8080
* Document root is /var/www/public
* Press Ctrl-C to quit.
*
* @when before_wp_load
*/
public function __invoke( $_, $assoc_args ) {
public function __invoke( $args, $assoc_args ) {
$defaults = array(
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => 8080,
Expand All @@ -86,14 +97,30 @@ public function __invoke( $_, $assoc_args ) {
if ( ! file_exists( $router_path ) ) {
WP_CLI::error( "Couldn't find router.php" );
}
$cmd = Utils\esc_cmd(
'%s -S %s -t %s -c %s %s',
WP_CLI::get_php_binary(),
$assoc_args['host'] . ':' . $assoc_args['port'],
$docroot,
$assoc_args['config'],
Utils\extract_from_phar( $router_path )
);

// Build the command with passthrough arguments
$cmd_format = '%s';
$cmd_args = array( WP_CLI::get_php_binary() );

// Add passthrough arguments before the -S flag
if ( ! empty( $args ) ) {
foreach ( $args as $arg ) {
if ( '--' === $arg ) {
continue;
}
$cmd_format .= ' %s';
$cmd_args[] = $arg;
}
}

// Add the server flags
$cmd_format .= ' -S %s -t %s -c %s %s';
$cmd_args[] = $assoc_args['host'] . ':' . $assoc_args['port'];
$cmd_args[] = $docroot;
$cmd_args[] = $assoc_args['config'];
$cmd_args[] = Utils\extract_from_phar( $router_path );

$cmd = Utils\esc_cmd( $cmd_format, ...$cmd_args );

$descriptors = array( STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR );

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