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Request #63685 Make it easier to supply include paths on the CLI
Submitted: 2012-12-04 10:47 UTC Modified: 2021-03-16 11:13 UTC
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From: alastair at propcom dot co dot uk Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PHP options/info functions
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 [2012-12-04 10:47 UTC] alastair at propcom dot co dot uk 
Description:
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C standard is to use -I to add an include path for header files. There are also the environment variables CPATH, C_INCLUDE_PATH and CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH.

Other languages follow suit. Python uses the PYTHONPATH environment variable. Perl uses PERL5LIB *and* -I, and also has a runtime 'use lib' too.

PHP's current only way of doing it is to set the config itself (I didn't see anything about environment variables in the docs on include_path), which usually involves getting the config and manually merging the extras. 

Setting include paths is a much more common operation than the procedure to do so would suggest; it would be very helpful for this boilerplate code (get, merge, set) to be performed by PHP itself as a result of an option. -I is a good idea because it's established by C already, and hence maintains consistency. It would also be useful to honour an environment variable and possibly also a runtime function, just to make it easier.

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 [2016-01-20 02:32 UTC] ben at hl9 dot net 
While I agree somewhat with your sentiment

You can use php --define include_path=/path/to/your/stuff or shorter, -d include_path=/path/to...

You could also do this entirely in PHP, by reading the environment and using set_include_path().
 [2021-03-16 11:13 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Package: *General Issues +Package: PHP options/info functions -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-03-16 11:13 UTC] cmb@php.net 
You can also use environment variables in the INI files[1].

[1] <https://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.php>
 
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