phpenvironment-variablesembeddedwebserver

Setting environment variables with the built-in PHP web server

PHP 5.4 supports a built-in web server for development purposes. The app we are developing is configured via environment variables.

With Apache you'd do this:

SetEnv FAVORITE_COLOR white

With the normal CLI you can do this:

$ export FAVORITE_COLOR=black
$ php -a
php > echo $_SERVER['FAVORITE_COLOR'];

Is there a way to set these variables for the built-in web server?

Solution

  • Looks like E is excluded from variable_order setting running the built-in server. If you add the E to the variable_order setting, it works:

    test.php

    <?php
var_dump($_ENV['FOO']);

    shell:

    FOO=BAR php -d variables_order=EGPCS -S localhost:9090 /tmp/test.php

    output:

    string 'BAR' (length=3)

    Tested on PHP 5.4.12