Excellent (!!) point about hard-coding a path into the docs, hadn't thought of that, doesn't apply to Windows, etc. You can clip out the reference to /etc/php.ini and the rest is still far more clear than the current verbiage.
Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > Not quite, the default php.ini file is actually > /usr/local/lib/php(-cli).ini unless you tell PHP a custom path to > install itself or the ini to. IMHO hard coding a path into the docs is a > BAD idea. > > Ilia > > Rob Vaughn wrote: > >>--- README.TESTING.orig 2005-08-08 12:08:04.000000000 -0700 >>+++ README.TESTING 2005-08-08 12:20:36.000000000 -0700 >>@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ >> >> [Which php.ini is used] >> ----------------------- >>- "make test" uses the same php.ini file as it would once installed. >>-The tests have been written to be independent of that php.ini file, >>-so if you find a test that is affected by a setting, please report >>-this, so we can address the issue. >>+ "make test" uses the system default php.ini file (/etc/php.ini) >>+unless it does not exist or is otherwise specified with the "-c >>+[path]" argument. If a system install does not exist, the php.ini >>+file that is part the distribution source code is used instead. >>+ >>+The tests are supposed to have been written to be independent of that >>+php.ini file, so if you find a test that is affected by a setting, >>+please report this, so we can address the issue. Quite a number of tests >>+do use the /etc/php.ini or specified ini file settings as of PHP 4.4. >> >> >> [Which test scripts are executed] >> > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
