Req #63685 [Com]: Make it easier to supply include paths on the CLI
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63685&edit=1
ID: 63685
Comment by: ben at hl9 dot net
Reported by: alastair at propcom dot co dot uk
Summary: Make it easier to supply include paths on the CLI
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
While I agree somewhat with your sentiment
You can use php --define include_path=/path/to/your/stuff or shorter, -d include_path=/path/to...
You could also do this entirely in PHP, by reading the environment and using set_include_path().
Previous Comments:
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[2012-12-04 10:47:37] alastair at propcom dot co dot uk
Description:
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C standard is to use -I to add an include path for header files. There are also the environment
variables CPATH, C_INCLUDE_PATH and CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH.
Other languages follow suit. Python uses the PYTHONPATH environment variable. Perl uses PERL5LIB
*and* -I, and also has a runtime 'use lib' too.
PHP's current only way of doing it is to set the config itself (I didn't see anything
about environment variables in the docs on include_path), which usually involves getting the config
and manually merging the extras.
Setting include paths is a much more common operation than the procedure to do so would suggest; it
would be very helpful for this boilerplate code (get, merge, set) to be performed by PHP itself as a
result of an option. -I is a good idea because it's established by C already, and hence
maintains consistency. It would also be useful to honour an environment variable and possibly also a
runtime function, just to make it easier.
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