PHP runs as its own user in its own environment.
Stuff you cram into your environment has no effect on that, as it
should be.
Just a note for the sticklers out there: PHP does not run as its own user. It runs as whatever user runs the php script. So, if the script is being run by a web server, it runs as whomever the web server runs as. If you execute the script from a shell (cli), it runs as whatever user you are logged in as...
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