introduced the 'mime' config option, addresses #3

README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Server
 -p, --port <number>          Web server port
 -f, --log-format <string>    If a format is supplied an access log is written to stdout. If not,
                              a statistics view is displayed. Use a preset ('none', 'dev',
-                             'default', 'short', 'tiny' or 'logstalgia') or supply a custom format
+                             'combined', 'short', 'tiny' or 'logstalgia') or supply a custom format
                              (e.g. ':method -> :url').
 -d, --directory <string>     Root directory, defaults to the current directory
 -c, --compress               Enables compression
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ To view your stored defaults, run:
 $ ws --config
 ```
 
+##mime-types
+You can set additional mime-type/extension mappings, or override the defaults by setting a `mime` value in your local config. This value is passed directly to [mime.define()](https://github.com/broofa/node-mime#mimedefine). Example: 
+
+```json
+{
+    "mime": {
+        "text/plain": [ "php", "pl" ]
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ##Use with Logstalgia
 local-web-server is compatible with [logstalgia](http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/).
 

bin/ws.js

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ var storedConfig = loadConfig(
 var builtInDefaults = {
     port: 8000,
     directory: process.cwd(),
-    "refresh-rate": 500
+    "refresh-rate": 500,
+    mime: {}
 };
 
 /* override built-in defaults with stored config and then command line args */
@@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ if (argv.Misc.config){
     /* --compress enables compression */
     if (argv.Server.compress) app.use(compress());
 
+    /* set the mime-type overrides specified in the config */
+    serveStatic.mime.define(argv.Server.mime);
+
     /* enable static file server, including directory browsing support */
     app.use(serveStatic(path.resolve(argv.Server.directory)))
         .use(directory(path.resolve(argv.Server.directory), { icons: true }));

lib/cli-options.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = [
             },
             {
                 name: "log-format", alias: "f", type: String,
-                description: "If a format is supplied an access log is written to stdout. If not, \na statistics view is displayed. Use a preset ('none', 'dev',\n'default', 'short', 'tiny' or 'logstalgia') or supply a custom format\n(e.g. ':method -> :url')."
+                description: "If a format is supplied an access log is written to stdout. If not, \na statistics view is displayed. Use a preset ('none', 'dev',\n'combined', 'short', 'tiny' or 'logstalgia') or supply a custom format\n(e.g. ':method -> :url')."
             },
             {
                 name: "directory", alias: "d", type: String,

package.json

@@ -26,5 +26,10 @@
     "serve-static": "^1.2.2",
     "stream-log-stats": "^0.1.0",
     "typical": "^1.0.0"
+  },
+  "local-web-server": {
+      "mime": {
+          "text/plain": ["php"]
+      }
   }
 }

test/.local-web-server.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "mime": {
+        "text/plain": [ "php" ]
+    }
+}

test/something.php

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?php echo  "i'm coding PHP templatez!\n" ?>