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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+import os
+import BaseHTTPServer
+import CGIHTTPServer
+
+# chdir(2) into the tutorial directory.
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+
+class Handler(CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler):
+  cgi_directories  = ['/php']
+
+BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', 8080), Handler).serve_forever()