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Doc Bug #20622 auto_prepend_file 'reset'
Submitted: 2002-11-25 09:00 UTC Modified: 2002-11-29 21:58 UTC
From: msopacua@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.4.0-dev OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-25 09:00 UTC] msopacua@php.net 
Dir structure:

foo
 |
 | - bar

In foo:
auto_prepend_file "some_file.php"

In bar:
need to clear that.

Using apache, php_value must have 2 arguments, and thus setting it to "" gives:
php_value takes two arguments, PHP Value Modifier

Work-around: empty.php

Preferable Fix: use a special keyword like "RESET" or "EMPTY" to set it to 'empty'.

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 [2002-11-25 09:04 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Try using 'none' as the value, that should clear the value.
 [2002-11-26 07:32 UTC] msopacua@php.net 
Yep.
Not document ( http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.php ) -> recategorizing.
 [2002-11-26 07:37 UTC] msopacua@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

Actually - looking further it's documented under the configuration directives.

(maybe the table 4-5 "Data handling Configuration Options" could list 'none' instead of "").
 [2002-11-26 13:28 UTC] goba@php.net 
If you propose a change, why mark it bogus???
 [2002-11-26 14:27 UTC] philip@php.net 
Here's some related information.  In php.ini-dist:

; Automatically add files before or after any PHP document.
auto_prepend_file =
auto_append_file =

Which means the default value is essentially "" as the docs say in the defaults table.  Also the docs mention the special none value but could someone explain the difference a bit?  So when setting outside of php.ini one must use none instead of ""?  Does none make sense in php.ini too?
 [2002-11-26 17:16 UTC] msopacua@php.net 
goba: because it was documented :) But you're right, it needs change.

philip: looking at the source, this only applies to apache sapi's and goes for any php_value. It is not special for auto_prepend_file. (See sapi/apache/mod_php4.c line 683).

Additionally - the special value 'none' is marked as "systemitem" of class "constant" in en/chapters/config.xml of the documentation. This isn't reflected in the HTML representation in any way.
 [2002-11-29 21:58 UTC] pollita@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Note added to explain the use of "none"
 
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