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Bug #35502 PHP 5.1.1 CGI does not attempt to read php.ini from current directory
Submitted: 2005-12-01 12:47 UTC Modified: 2006-01-03 14:12 UTC
From: andrew dot tulloch at maximalls dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: CGI/CLI related
PHP Version: 5.1.1 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-12-01 12:47 UTC] andrew dot tulloch at maximalls dot com 
Description:
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PHP 5.0.5 CGI SAPI attempts to read php.ini from the current directory, PHP 5.1.1 CGI SAPI, compiled with same options does not.

Reproduce code:
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strace php 2>&1 | grep php.ini

Expected result:
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Expected and actual running PHP 5.0.5:
strace /opt/php-5.0.5/bin/php 2>&1 | grep php.ini
open("./php.ini", O_RDONLY)             = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/opt/php-5.0.5/bin//php.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/opt/php-5.0.5/lib/php.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

Note attempt to read php.ini from current directory.

Actual result:
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Running PHP 5.1.1:
strace /opt/php-5.1.1/bin/php 2>&1 | grep php.ini
open("/opt/php-5.1.1/bin/php.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/opt/php-5.1.1/lib/php.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

No attempt to read php.ini from current directory.

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 [2005-12-01 13:10 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
 [2005-12-01 13:27 UTC] andrew dot tulloch at maximalls dot com 
Could I get a reason for this is not being a bug?

It certainly seems to be a regression from 5.0.5 unless this feature was previously unintended and now considered corrected.
 [2006-01-03 13:31 UTC] andrew dot tulloch at maximalls dot com 
Sorry, Could I get an explanation for this not being classed as a bug.

Unless I'm missing something the behaviour has changed from PHP 5.0.5 to 5.1.1.

As some background we runs sites using apache with suexec, with each site having a cgi-bin with a php executable (shell script wrapper) and a php.ini. When PHP is run as CGI is attempts to read php.ini in the cgi-bin directory, then the default php.ini location. This allowed per site php.ini settings, which no longer works with 5.1.1 because it doesn't attempt to read php.ini from the current directory.
 [2006-01-03 14:12 UTC] sniper@php.net 
It's not bug because it was never documented to behave like that.
 
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