gc_enabled
settings with the value of 'yes' will be returned as '1'.
<?php
//#my ini file
//A = 1
//B = any-thing
//C = yes
//D = /some/path/file
get_cfg_var('A') // returns '1'
get_cfg_var('B') // returns 'any-thing'
get_cfg_var('C') // returns '1', wait, why?
get_cfg_var('D') // returns '/some/path/file'
?>
I had my setting = yes and then checked it as ==="yes" for epic fail.
get_cfg_var
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
get_cfg_var — Gets the value of a PHP configuration option
Description
string get_cfg_var
( string
$option
)
Gets the value of a PHP configuration option.
This function will not return configuration information set when the PHP was compiled, or read from an Apache configuration file.
To check whether the system is using a configuration file, try retrieving the value of the cfg_file_path configuration setting. If this is available, a configuration file is being used.
Parameters
-
option -
The configuration option name.
Return Values
Returns the current value of the PHP configuration variable specified by
option, or FALSE if an error occurs.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 | get_cfg_var() was fixed to be able to return "array" ini options. |
See Also
- ini_get() - Gets the value of a configuration option
- ini_get_all() - Gets all configuration options
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User Contributed Notes
get_cfg_var - [3 notes]
gabriel b ¶
2 months ago
surfchen at gmail dot com ¶
6 years ago
get_cfg_var returns the value from php.ini directly,while the ini_get returns the runtime config value. I have tried it on PHP 5.1.6
[EDIT by danbrown AT php DOT net: The author of this note means that ini_get() will return values set by ini_set(), .htaccess, a local php.ini file, and other functions at runtime. Conversely, get_cfg_var() will return strictly the server php.ini.]
Stephen ¶
6 years ago
Regarding the statement by the earlier poster that:
"Unfortunately, you almost never want to know the original value in the config file. Instead, you want to know the value currently in effect."
I have found this useful for changing the error reporting levels for a few specific pages while testing. I turn on all error_reporting while testing, but for a few pages I want to turn off notices. So, I put this at the top of the page:
<?php
error_reporting(8183);
?>
and this at the bottom:
<?php
error_reporting(get_cfg_var('error_reporting'));
?>
to put it back to whatever default I had at the time.