php-config(1)

📦 version 8.4.27, in alpine 3.24

🎀 php-config — get information about PHP configuration and compile options 🎀

okay so bestie, real talk: this is the php-config(1) manual page, and it's honestly one of the most lowkey useful little scripts in the whole PHP ecosystem. it's giving "quiet luxury" — no drama, just answers.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

php-config [options]

like, you just run it, optionally with one of the flags below, and it tells you things. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so php-config is a simple shell script — yes, a shell script, not some big compiled binary, not a whole daemon, just a lil script — for obtaining information about installed PHP configuration. basically it's the friend who actually knows where everything is and will tell you without making it weird. 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

here's the full menu, no cap, every single one:

  • --prefix — Directory prefix where PHP is installed, e.g. /usr/local
  • --includes — List of -I options with all include files
  • --ldflags — LD Flags which PHP was compiled with
  • --libs — Extra libraries which PHP was compiled with
  • --man-dir — The directory prefix where the manpages is installed
  • --extension-dir — Directory where extensions are searched by default
  • --include-dir — Directory prefix where header files are installed by default
  • --lib-dir — Directory where libraries are installed by default
  • --lib-embed — PHP embed library name
  • --php-binary — Full path to php CLI or CGI binary
  • --php-sapis — Show all SAPI modules available
  • --configure-options — Configure options to recreate configuration of current PHP installation
  • --ini-path — Directory from which PHP reads its INI configuration file (php.ini)
  • --ini-dir — Directory from which PHP scans for additional INI configuration files
  • --version — PHP version
  • --vernum — PHP version as integer
ngl the --configure-options one is the main character here — it literally hands you the configure options to recreate the configuration of your current PHP installation. iconic for debugging builds. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

php(1) — the big sibling. go say hi.

🌈 VERSION INFORMATION 🌈

This manpage describes php, version 8.4.27. slay. ✨

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https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

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and that's the tea ☕ — The PHP Group, 2024, php-config(1). periodt. 💅🎀

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