Node.js middleware to execute CGI scripts with URL rewriting
/(Modified from gateway by Felix Gnass and added url rewriting capabilities)/
Purpose of this module is to allow development tools like Yeoman or Livestyle to serve PHP files (and possibly other scripting languages) directly, simulating apache url rewriting. This is particularly useful when using PHP and Slim library in company with grunt-server
To make this work you need the php-cgi binaray in your PATH.
var http = require('http');
var gateway_rw = require('gateway-rewrite');
var rwGateway = function (dir){
return gateway_rw(require('path').resolve(dir), {
rules: [
{
rule: '^(/api/.+)',
cgi: '/usr/bin/php-cgi',
to: '/api/index.php'
},
/* Use the following options to match the base path. */
{
rule: '^/$',
cgi: '/usr/local/opt/php54/bin/php-cgi',
to: '/index.php'
}
]}
);
};
grunt.initConfig({
(more here)
connect: {
options: {
hostname: 'localhost',
port: 9000
},
livereload: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect, options) {
return [
/* Let's see if the rule matches something to rewrite */
rwGateway(sysConfig.build_dir),
/* Otherwise it's a static file */
mountFolder(connect, sysConfig.build_dir)
];
}
}
}
}
(even more grunt options here)
});
My preferred way is to use APT and install the php5-cgi package.
Alternatively, the php-cgi binary can be installed via Homebrew by tapping the
homebrew-php repository:
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap josegonzalez/homebrew-php
brew install php54
if the request URI matches the regular expression rule, then the cgi binary is used rewriting to the PHP file in the to option.
The rules option is an array so you can add as many rewrite rules you need.
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2013 Massimo Cetra
Thanks to Felix Gnass for the inspiration.
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