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Bug #61153 phpinfo reporting incorrect Configure Command
Submitted: 2012-02-21 14:19 UTC Modified: 2012-02-21 18:39 UTC
From: 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PHP options/info functions
PHP Version: 5.3.10 OS: Scientific Linux 6.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-02-21 14:19 UTC] 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk 
Description:
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I called configure as follows :
"./configure -sysconfdir=/etc/mydir --with-xmlrpc"

However phpinfo() reports the configure command as :
"'./configure'"

(i.e. no args are shown)

Test script:
---------------
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Expected result:
----------------
Phpinfo should show "./configure -sysconfdir=/etc/mydir --with-xmlrpc"

Actual result:
--------------
'./configure'

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 [2012-02-21 17:27 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
I am pretty sure you are not running the php that you built with that configure 
line then. I don't see how it could end up having a different configure line in 
phpinfo() the way the code is written. Please triple-check by looking at the 
"Build Date" near the top of the phpinfo() output.
 [2012-02-21 17:27 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2012-02-21 17:30 UTC] 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk
-Status: Feedback +Status: Open
 [2012-02-21 17:30 UTC] 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk 
Do you seriously think I'm that stupid ?

(1) I am only running one version of PHP on that server
(2) Before, phpinfo stated 5.3.9, now it states 5.3.10 ... thus I am running the 
right version
(3) The build date is Feb 21 2012 14:02:25, which you see correlates to the time 
I opened this ticket.
 [2012-02-21 17:36 UTC] 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk 
Whilst you're in the mood for not believing me, why not check out the hard facts 
in my QA Report ?

http://qa.php.net/reports/details.php?
version=5.3.10&signature=30a4793560ae3e5862c1d5f16d5fa5fc&idreport=1519#phpinfo
 [2012-02-21 17:46 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Ok, since you are not stupid, track down why it isn't working on your system.
ext/standard/info.c shows that it prints the contents of the CONFIGURE_COMMAND 
#define. This is defined in main/build-defs.h which gets generated from 
main/build-defs.h.in at configure time. It also gets put into the top-level 
Makefile. So check these files. If you don't see it in main/build-defs.h it would 
mean that the configure VAR_SUBST stuff isn't working which should have caused 
your entire build to fail badly, or the configure shell script isn't doing the 
right thing on your system for some reason.
 [2012-02-21 17:52 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Ah, I see your mistake. It is --sysconfigdir not -sysconfigdir
I think you will find it will magically work when you fix that.
 [2012-02-21 17:54 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2012-02-21 17:54 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Forgot to close
 [2012-02-21 18:35 UTC] 935c at itsynergy dot co dot uk 
In  main/build-defs.h


#define PHP_SYSCONFDIR          "/etc/mydir"

and yet 

#define CONFIGURE_COMMAND " './configure' "


PHP_SYSCONFDIR would not show /etc/mydir unless CONFIGURE_COMMAND was called 
with sysconfdir.


My default shell is bash :
$ ps -p $$
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
16040 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
 [2012-02-21 18:39 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Yes, odd autoconf quirk that -sysconfdir sets it still. File a bug with the 
autoconf folks. There isn't anything we can do about that. But despite that, 
"./configure --help" clearly shows that the correct way to set it is by using --
sysconfdir
 
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