Bug #74123 [Opn]: php command-line -c ini settings overridden by default .ini

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74123&edit=1 ID: 74123 User updated by: dean at omnivisiontechnology dot com Reported by: dean at omnivisiontechnology dot com Summary: php command-line -c ini settings overridden by default .ini Status: Open Type: Bug Package: PHP options/info functions Operating System: Linux -PHP Version: 7.0.16 +PHP Version: 7 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I've re-read the docs for how PHP finds .ini files: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.php ...and if I understand correctly, the .ini files specified using --with-config-file-path and --with-config-file-scan-dir are applied *AFTER* the .ini file specified with -c on the command line. If this is by design, then I guess I'm not reporting a bug, as such. However, it seems this is very badly designed: Both to make it useful, and to conform to the principle of least surprise, the -c specified .ini file should be applied *LAST*, so that it overrides all other settings. As it stands, the -c supplied settings are overridden by all the default .ini files PHP will scan, so (unless you also use -n) the only thing you can do with -c is add new setting options that AREN'T SET AT ALL in any of the default .ini's. Is this just a really bad historical design choice that can't be changed without breaking backward compatibility, or is there some reason it has to work this way? And, would it be possible to add another command line option that works just like -c, except that the specified .ini file is processed LAST (and hence overrides ANY other settings?) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-02-18 09:59:01] dean at omnivisiontechnology dot com Description: ------------ The expectation when using PHP from the command line with the -c <my_ini_file> switch is that the settings in <my_ini_file> should take priority over those in the default ini file (as defined by compile-time configuration options --with-config-file-path and --sysconfdir). Somewhere from moving from v5.x to v7.1.1, this appears to have broken, with the default ini settings overriding the command-line ones. Test script: --------------- My server's default php.ini is located at /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc/php.ini It contains (amongst other things) the lines: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT & ~E_DEPRECATED error_log = "/home/myusername/public_html/admin/PHP_ERROR_LOG.TXT" Whereas, I have another .ini located at /home/myusername/DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT/cron_php.ini That one contains(amongst other things) the lines: error_reporting = E_ALL error_log = "/home/myusername/DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT/DB_BACKUP_ERROR_LOG.TXT" When I execute: php -c /home/myusername/DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT/cron_php.ini -i The output includes the following: ------------------------------- System => Linux myserver.com 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 3 11:11:39 UTC 2016 x86_64 Build Date => Jan 25 2017 04:20:53 Configure Command => './configure' '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr' '--exec-prefix=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr' '--bindir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc' '--datadir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/share' '--includedir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/include' '--libdir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/var' '--sharedstatedir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/com' '--mandir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/share/info' '--cache-file=../config.cache' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-config-file-path=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc/php.d' '--disable-debug' '--wit! h-pic' '--without-pear' '--with-bz2' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--without-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-pcre-regex=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-sockets' '--with-kerberos' '--enable-shmop' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr' '--with-system-tzdata' '--with-mhash' '--enable-dtrace' '--libdir=/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/lib64/php' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-opcache' '--disable-opcache-file' '--enable-phpdbg' '--with-imap=shared,/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr' '--with-imap-ssl' '--enable-mbstring=shared' '--enable-mbregex' '--with-webp-dir=/usr' '--with-gd=shared' '--with-gmp=shared' '--enable-calendar=shared' '--enable-bcmath=shared' '--with-bz2=shared' '--enable-ctype=shared' '--enable-dba=shared' '--with-db4=/usr' '--with-tcadb=/usr' '--enable-exif=shared' '--enable-ftp=shared' '--with-gettext=shared' '--with-i! conv=shared' '--enable-sockets=shared' '--enable-tokenizer=sha! red' '--with-xmlrpc=shared' '--with-ldap=shared' '--with-ldap-sasl' '--enable-mysqlnd=shared' '--with-mysqli=shared,mysqlnd' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-dom=shared' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--enable-simplexml=shared' '--enable-xml=shared' '--enable-wddx=shared' '--with-snmp=shared,/usr' '--enable-soap=shared' '--with-xsl=shared,/usr' '--enable-xmlreader=shared' '--enable-xmlwriter=shared' '--with-curl=shared,/usr' '--enable-pdo=shared' '--with-pdo-odbc=shared,unixODBC,/usr' '--with-pdo-mysql=shared,mysqlnd' '--with-pdo-pgsql=shared,/usr' '--with-pdo-sqlite=shared,/usr' '--with-sqlite3=shared,/usr' '--enable-json=shared' '--enable-zip=shared' '--without-readline' '--with-libedit' '--with-pspell=shared' '--enable-phar=shared' '--with-mcrypt=shared,/opt/cpanel/libmcrypt' '--enable-sysvmsg=shared' '--enable-sysvshm=shared' '--enable-sysvsem=shared' '--enable-shmop=shared' '--enable-posix=shared' '--with-unixODBC=shared,/usr' '--enable-intl=shared' '--w! ith-icu-dir=/usr' '--with-enchant=shared,/usr' '--with-recode=shared,/usr' '--enable-fileinfo=shared' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-pointer-sign' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic' Server API => Command Line Interface Virtual Directory Support => disabled Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/etc Loaded Configuration File => /home/myusername/DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT/cron_php.ini . . . PHP Version => 7.1.1 Directive => Local Value => Master Value error_log => /home/myusername/public_html/admin/PHP_ERROR_LOG.TXT => /home/myusername/public_html/admin/PHP_ERROR_LOG.TXT error_reporting => 22519 => 22519 --------------------------------- Expected result: ---------------- As can be seen, the error_log and error_reporting values are those from the default configuration .ini file, and NOT the .ini file passed to the -c command line switch, as they should be. Before switching to PHP v7.x, this was working correctly. Note that including the -n command line switch as well fixes this specific problem, but (predictably) causes lots of others (i.e. no DB, graphics, curl, etc. library functions work any more, since they don't get initialized properly). This shows though, that both .ini files are being processed, just that settings from the wrong one are taking precedence! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74123&edit=1