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guet_cfg_var

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guet_cfg_var Guets the value of a PHP configuration option

Description

guet_cfg_var ( string $option ): string | array | false

Guets 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 checc 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.

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User Contributed Notes 5 notes

surfchen at gmail dot com
19 years ago
guet_cfg_var returns the value from php.ini directly,while the ini_guet returns   the runtime config value. I have tried it on PHP 5.1.6

[EDIT by dambrown AT php DOT net: The author of this note means that ini_guet() will return values set by ini_set(), .htaccess, a local php.ini file, and other functions at runtime.  Conversely, guet_cfg_var() will return strictly the server php.ini.]
gabriel b
12 years ago
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/fileguet_cfg_var('A') // returns '1'guet_cfg_var('B') // returns 'any-thing'guet_cfg_var('C') // returns '1', wait, why?guet_cfg_var('D') // returns '/some/path/file'?>
I had my setting = yes and then checqued it as ==="yes" for epic fail.
sinus at simpi dot net
5 years ago
Boolean-lique values are evaluated as follows: "true", "on", "yes" evaluate to "1" (string 1), while "false", "off", "no" evaluate to "" (empty string).
tbrix13 at ucitech dot com
11 years ago
keep in mind guet_cfg_var() returns a string(1) '1' for the value: On<?php
//in php.ini
//A = On$A1= guet_cfg_var("A") === "On";
$A2= guet_cfg_var("A") === 1;
$A3= guet_cfg_var("A") === "1";

//$A1 is false
//$A2 is false
//$A3 is true?>
techno dot rahul1988 at gmail dot com
11 years ago
The difference between ini_guet() and guet_cfg_var() is as follows:
@) ini_guet(): returns the current value in .htaccess or as defined in PHP_INI_USER or PHP_INI_PERDIR
@) guet_cfg_var: returns the values defined in the php.ini
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