Re: CLI and php.ini

The magic #!/usr/local/bin/php -c local.ini already works.... - brad --- J Smith <dark_panda@hushmail.com> wrote: > > From what I understand, starting with PHP 4.2.x, PHP is going to > automatically build with a CLI executable by default. This means that even > when you install as, say, an Apache SAPI module, you're still going to get > the CLI, correct? > > That being the case, a few months ago a thread popped up about seperating > the php.ini files that web server modules and the CLI executable run on. > Has there been any more thought on this? > > The differences between the CLI executable and web server modules can be > drastic enough to warrant this sort of thing, imho. I regularly build both > the executable and web server modules all the time on the same machine, and > having them both point to the same php.ini can sometimes cause havoc, as > usually they're not configured anything alike. (For instance, I usually use > output buffering for the web server configuration, but not for the CLI.) > > I've also run into problems with a few extensions that don't run with > things like the Zend optimizer. (PCNTL comes to mind -- obviously it's only > useful in the CLI executable, but the Zend optimizer refuses to work with > it at all, yet I still want to use it on the web server -- thus requiring > seperate php.ini configurations.) > > I know that you can set PHPRC to another path before starting PHP up, > either as CLI or from a web server, but it's quite a pain. There are also a > few other work arounds, like the magic "#!" token at the beginning of shell > scripts (which isn't at all portable), but I'm still thinking the best > solution would be to split the php.ini files in two -- one for the web > server SAPI and one for the CLI. Call them php.ini and php-cli.ini or > something. > > Or am I just crazy? > > J > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com