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Local Development with Tunneling
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Your local server isn't likely to be accessible from the internet. Use tunneling to expose it temporarily.

Create a local server (testing propouse)

cd /tmp

cat <<'EOF' > index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>My Tunnel</title>
</head>
<body>
    Hi, this is running on my machine!
</body>
</html>
EOF

php -S localhost:8000

Option 1: ngrok (Most Popular)

# Install
brew install ngrok  # macOS
# or download from https://ngrok.com

# Authenticate (free account required)
ngrok config add-authtoken <your-token>

# Start tunnel
ngrok http 8000

Option 2: Cloudflare Tunnel (Free, No Account for Quick Tunnels)

# Install
brew install cloudflared  # macOS

# Quick tunnel (no account needed)
cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000

curl -fsSL https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-main.gpg \
  | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-main.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-main.gpg] https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflared $(lsb_release -cs) main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflared.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cloudflared

Option 3: localtunnel

npx localtunnel --port 8000

Option 3: VS Code Port Forwarding

  1. Open Ports panel (View → Ports)
  2. Click "Forward a Port"
  3. Enter 3000 (or your port)
  4. Set visibility to "Public"
  5. Use the forwarded URL
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