Bug #17421 Updated: hardcoded include path in Php4ts.dll set to c:\php4\pear

ID: 17421 Updated by: spluess@creative.net Reported By: spluess@creative.net Status: Bogus Bug Type: PEAR related Operating System: Windows x.x PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Ok, I just tried that and it works. I had done searches on google, etc. before I posted this here. Would it be at least possible to get some consistency in the 'default' install. I downloaded both php-4.2.1-Win32.zip and php-4.2.1-installer.exe They include examples for php.ini (php.ini-dist and php.ini-recommended) and both have as example for the include path on windows: ;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes" Neither of the two windows installer or zip file even create such a folder. Also the pear.bat file has as defaults all the paths set to c:\php .... The install.txt file is referring c:\php as a good start: "...Extract the distribution file to a directory of your choice. C:\PHP is a good start..." Just some thoughts: Would C:\php be a better default than C:\php4 ? Would the same 'default' in the php.ini-* examples be a better 'default' in php4ts.dll ? Should the 'c:\php\pear' directory be part of the 'default' include path or should it be mentioned in the php-ini* example files ? Thank you for the reply. Serge Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-24 19:56:30] edink@php.net The path you mention is just a default that can be overriden in your %WINDIR%\php.ini. For example: include_path = ".;c:\php\pear" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-24 17:40:19] spluess@creative.net Hi installed php 4.2.1 on windows 2000 in the default directory it proposes, which is C:\php, with apache 1.3.x and also tried apache 2.x I then tried to code my first pear code and immediately got the error: Fatal Error: Failed opening required 'DB.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in ..... I also looked at the output of php_info and sure enough the include path is .;c:\php4\pear So I started a search for who/what was setting that include path as setting the include path in php.ini didn't change the result. After doing a search on all the files in the php distribution I found that it is hardcoded in the dynaminc library 'PHP4TS.DLL' as ".;c:\php4\pear" Now after I renamed the directory to php4 and changed my apache conf files it worked. But I also saw that various files (conf or utilities like pear.bat) have the default set to c:\php and the PHP manual also refers to c:\php as the default. Wonder if it wouldn't be better not to have such a path hardcoded and have it added to php.ini or something similar. Thanks Serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17421&edit=1