I am using Grunt + browserSync + grunt-php. The server starts normally. The problem is that whenever I make changes to PHP files, the changes are not reloaded automatically in browser. I have to manually reload the page despite having the settings in place. Been trying to solve this issue for the past 1 week, but no success. Tried out other online sources, but didn't help either. Please help.
Directory structure:
my_app/
src/
index.php
about.php
dist/
Gruntfile.js:
"use strict";
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
watch: {
php: {
files: ['src/**/*.php']
}
},
browserSync: {
dev: {
bsFiles: {
src: 'src/**/*.php'
},
options: {
proxy: '127.0.0.1:8010', //our PHP server
port: 8080, // our new port
open: true,
watchTask: true
}
}
},
php: {
dev: {
options: {
port: 8010,
base: 'src'
}
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'php', // Using the PHP instance as a proxy
'browserSync',
'watch' // Any other watch tasks you want to run
]);
};
A kind soul helped me with the answer. I don't take credit for the answer and would like to share the solution so that it may help someone in need. Here it is:
1) Just make sure that you have the body tag in the PHP file that you want to reload.
2) Include the following JS code in the page:
<script id="__bs_script__">
//<![CDATA[
document.write("<script async src='/browser-sync/browser-sync-client.js?v=2.17.5'><\/script>".replace("HOST", location.hostname));
//]]>
</script>