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Maybe you could rely on that, instead of aip :)

Maybe, though AiP gives us nice control of the process. And it also supports other modes than HTTP, like Mongrel2 and SCGI:

Anyway, based on your suggestion I posted a quick ticket about adding support for the built-in PHP webserver:

From your very link: "This web server is designed for developmental purposes only, and should not be used in production."