On Windows you may find useful to have a phpserver.bat file in shell:sendto with the folowing:
explorer http://localhost:8888
rem check if arg is file or dir
if exist "%~1\" (
php -S localhost:8888 -t "%~1"
) else (
php -S localhost:8888 -t "%~dp1"
)
then for fast web testing you only have to SendTo a file or folder to this bat and it will open your explorer and run the server.