Get php binary path during script execution

Submitted:

2011-04-12 14:11 UTC

Modified:

2012-01-27 19:58 UTC

Votes:	6
Avg. Score:	4.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:	5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:	2 (40.0%)
Same OS:	2 (40.0%)

From:

frederic dot hardy at mageekbox dot net

Assigned:

laruence (profile)

Status:

Closed

Package:

PHP options/info functions

PHP Version:

Irrelevant

OS:

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

[2011-04-12 14:11 UTC] frederic dot hardy at mageekbox dot net

Description:
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Currently, PHP does not provide any solution to retrieve PHP binary path in userland.
There is a workaround with some *NIX shells like bash, which provide $_, available in $_SERVER['_'] in userland.
However, it's not a reliable solution (cron task, etc.), and this hack is not available on Windows.
So, a constant like PHP_BINARY (similar to PHP_VERSION and other PHP_* constants) seems to be a good solution.

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[2011-12-07 08:57 UTC] patrickallaert@php.net

PHP does provide a path to the binary directory:
PHP_BINDIR

However it is true it doesn't contain the executable itself.

[2011-12-07 10:37 UTC] laruence@php.net

-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: laruence

[2011-12-07 10:37 UTC] laruence@php.net

This bug has been fixed in SVN.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.

 For Windows:

http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

implement in 5.4,  thanks

[2012-08-23 20:57 UTC] glen at delfi dot ee

could the test be improved not to depend that values match exactly? just the 
existence? because when the test is run from build time (from sourcetree instead 
of installed tree) the binary name is .libs/something due libtool:


========DIFF========
001+ string(62) "/home/users/glen/rpm/BUILD/x86_64-linux/php-5.4.6/sapi/cli/php"
001- done
002+ string(71) "/home/users/glen/rpm/BUILD/x86_64-linux/php-
5.4.6/sapi/cli/.libs/lt-php"