URL of localhost not working

Question

I launched a webpage(only one file index.php) on localhost port 8000 with the command

    php -S localhost:8000

My private IP address is 192.168.1.109 and I try accessing the webpage from a mobile phone on the same network, with the link

    http://192.168.1.109:8000/index.php

But I'm unable to access it. Any suggestions?

Here you will get about that https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8377178/running-php-5-4-built-in-web-server-outside-localhost — Mr.Throg, Jun 16 '17 at 11:33
I'm using linux, does it have firewall issues? And yes the phone is on the same network. — Swagat Yadawad, Jun 16 '17 at 11:33
you need to do a lot more if you want your to access your webpage using your IP address. — hungrykoala, Jun 16 '17 at 11:37
@VenkatLokeswar thanks, that works. Does that mean I shouldn't ever use localhost? I mean what's the use of localhost then? — Swagat Yadawad, Jun 16 '17 at 11:37
localhost=> 127.0.0.1 that means you are accessing self. It only works in your system. So the server runs for you system only, — Mr.Throg, Jun 16 '17 at 12:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '17 at 11:37

You told the server to listen on localhost, so that is what it is doing. It is listening on 127.0.0.1 (or possibly ::1 if you're defaulting to IPv6).

If you want it to listen on 192.168.1.109 then you have to tell it to do that:

php -S 192.168.1.109:8000

Or tell it to listen on all network interfaces:

php -S 0.0.0.0:8000

URL of localhost not working

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