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Any possible benefits of doing this with node.js rather than just the normal nginx setup? Maybe if you're just running a simple node.js app but need to include one single-file php script? I guess that would be useful.

Interesting concept. I like projects like this.

It's also refreshing to see an article on HN mentioning PHP without it being something negative.

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Maybe this let you edit the PHP output in nodejs after receiving it back from PHP-FPM?

Good point. That might be possible.

Being able to pop into terminal, create a directory and a PHP file, then run node-php to get a test server running in this new setup is an efficient way to try code out. If the built-in PHP web server were standard this would be less useful.

But you'd probably be quicker to get nginx up and running - so I was wondering if there were any benefits beyond a nginx/php-fpm setup

How is this easier than putting a file in your public_html directory for use with Apache, which is included with OS X or Linux?

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