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Bug #17421 hardcoded include path in Php4ts.dll set to c:\php4\pear
Submitted: 2002-05-24 17:40 UTC Modified: 2002-05-24 19:56 UTC
From: spluess at creative dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PEAR related
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Windows x.x
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-05-24 17:40 UTC] spluess at creative dot 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

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 [2002-05-24 19:56 UTC] 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"
 [2002-05-28 11:49 UTC] spluess at creative dot net 
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
 
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