php.js is a resource that offers community-built JavaScript alternatives to PHP functions.
More info at: http://phpjs.org/about
$ mkdir test && cd $_
$ npm install phpjs
$ $EDITOR try.js
var php = require('phpjs');
php.echo(php.sprintf('Hey, %s : )', 'you'));
php.echo(php.parse_url('mysql://kevin:abcd1234@example.com/databasename')['pass']);
php.echo(php.strtotime('2 januari 2012, 11:12:13 GMT'));
$ node try.js
Hey, you : )
abcd1234
1325502733
make test
node bin/phpjs.js --action test --name sort
node bin/phpjs.js --action test --category array
PORT=8080 node test/browser/server.js
Point your webbrowser to http://localhost:8080