Welcome to Mini Thing PHP Gopher & Proxy Server!

1. What is it?

It is an integrated PHP8+ script that transforms Gopher://
holes into modern web pages! In other words, it provides
an HTTP gophermap renderer plus a Gopher:// proxy server
that operates literally parasitizes on a PHP8x server.

2. How does it work?

Simply place the files index.php and gophermap into a folder
on your web server, and everything will work! You cannot
access this server directly via the gopher:// protocol because
it functions through HTTP, but you will have full access
to all information from your Gopher:// environment via your
web server, as well as through external links within the
Gopher:// environment.

3. What does the script do?

- Displays your gophermap as a website through a browser;
- Opens links to other Gopher servers via the browser;
- Works with HTML and gopher scripts on external servers;
- Shows images and downloads files;
- In short, it is a full Gopher renderer and Gopher proxy!

4. How to use it?

- Upload the files to your web server folder;
- Open the folder with the script in your browser;
- Then click on links just like on a regular website!

5. What's special about it?

- Gophermap files become website menus;
- External Gopher links work within the browser;
- Everything is safe and secure.

6. Why is this useful?

- To integrate old Gopher holes or your active Gopher
servers into the modern web without complex configurations;
- To restore old archives online without needing to convert
file descriptions from gophermap;
- For simplicity, as this server provides the easiest way
to create a website and share any files in a text-based
hyperlink environment. Gopher:// tags contain far fewer
elements than HTML!
- For privacy. Gopher is a very simple and lightweight
protocol. It can be used where the modern internet
is difficult to deploy, such as in Antarctica. This script
will run faster than any HTML pages!
- Just for fun, it's a cool technological experiment and
a tribute to how the internet started. It allows you to
touch history and understand how things were arranged
before the WWW.