Is it possible to set PHP CLI include_path from environment?

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Is there a way to set (or add to) the PHP include_path from an environment variable when running CLI PHP? I'm looking for the PHP analog to Java's CLASSPATH or Perl 5's PERL5LIB. My gut tells me it should be there, but I can't find it.

If there really is no such thing, then I guess the follow-up is: is there a best practice for achieving this? Keep in mind that, in my case, the include_path should not be the same for all users, or even for every application.

One word (?): php.ini. If I'm correct, it is loaded when using PHP-CLI. — Ismael Miguel
– Ismael Miguel, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 17:35
But, "in my case, the include_path should not be the same for all users, or even for every application". But, php.ini is, unless I'm missing something — Michael Rusch
– Michael Rusch, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 17:36
No, you can have a different file per folder. And you can pass an argument to load a different php.ini file. — Ismael Miguel
– Ismael Miguel, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 17:41
If you know what path a class is in, then you can explicitly load it from the fully-qualified path, rather than from a relative expression that needs resolving with include paths. — halfer
– halfer, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 17:43
If you look at the documentation (php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.options.php) You can see you can use the -c <file> arguments or the -d foo[=bar] in which foo is the name of the key and you set the value (e.g.: php -d include_path='/my/folder/with/files' /file/to/run.php). — Ismael Miguel
– Ismael Miguel, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 17:50

Daryn · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-27 00:38:00Z

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This other answer points out that you can use the -d argument to set include_path in the CLI.

php -d include_path=/path/to/config.php script.php
-d is used to set INI directives at runtime, so you don't have any changing code/configs/directories

Note: @Ismael answered this in a comment, I just moved the info to an answer, where it stackoverflowily should be.

answered Oct 27, 2017 at 0:38

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