#20888 [Opn->Csd]: Document when did php-cli.exe and friends existed

ID: 20888 Updated by: betz@php.net Reported By: jpl@remotejava.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: 4.3.0 Assigned To: betz New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. for windows: cgi binary was always php.exe and placed in (phpdir)/php.exe. cli binary was php-cli.exe from 4.2.0 - 4.2.3 placed in (phpdir)/php-cli.exe starting with 4.3.0 the cli changed its name and location to (phpdir)/cli/php.exe. for linux: the name of any binary was allways php Only RC versions of 4.3 had diiferent names, no need to document. The different names for windows are now documented at http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-31 15:48:52] philip@php.net This brings up a good point. We should document when CLI and CGI had different names as there used to be php-cgi.exe and/or php-cli.exe and/or php.exe, and in linux wasn't there a binary named php-cli at somepoint as well? Whatever the exact case may be, this all involves the PHP 4.2 branch when CLI was experimental. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-31 12:37:54] philip@php.net Actually, it's: {phpdir}/php.exe (CGI) {phpdir}/cli/php.exe (CLI) This is documented at features.commandline.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-31 08:59:38] betz@php.net This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. The final descision was made: The php cgi binary is /php4/php.exe. This one is intended to be used with webservers. /php4/cli/php-cli.exe is the CLI Version of php intended to use for commandline scripting. Friedhelm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-19 18:55:21] betz@php.net Until a descision is made by the developers of PHP about the names of the binaries this bug will be suspended. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-09 04:25:47] betz@php.net Thanks for your report. I am on the way to update the docs. They will show up soon on the website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/20888 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20888&edit=1