When running 'php -S 127.0.0.1:8080', portfinder will get 8080 not 8081.

[helloyou2012]

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[indexzero]

I don't understand. You're running php? Then it's probably not a node-related problem.

[thefotios]

This is a really poorly worded answer. But seeing the letters PHP and running away isn't really a good response either.

That PHP code starts a server listening on port 8080. So what he was trying to say is that it portfinder isn't detecting that port being used for some reason. Here's an example:

Without a PHP server running on port 8080

$ curl -I http://127.0.0.1:8080
curl: (7) Failed connect to 127.0.0.1:8080; Connection refused

$ node -e 'require("portfinder").getPort(function(err,port){console.log(port)});' 
8000

With a PHP server running on 8080

$ curl -I http://127.0.0.1:8080
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Host: 127.0.0.1:8080
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 533

$ node -e 'require("portfinder").getPort(function(err,port){console.log(port)});'
8000

[jcrugzz]

This also happened here. Could be useful

[Sheraff]

+1 What's the reason behind this?

[indexzero]

Not sure, let me know when you find out :)

[helloyou2012]

Thx, I set 'host' option resolved. portfinder.getPort({port: 8080, host: '127.0.0.1' }, function(err, port) { });