Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61378&edit=1
ID: 61378 Comment by: rk at srsbiz dot pl Reported by: vr...@php.net Summary: php -H doesn't work Status: Open Type: Bug Package: CGI/CLI related Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.4.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This switch works, but does not hide arguments from running script (that would be rather pointless to pass arguments and switch to make them inaccessible) but from other users using same server (using 'ps aux' for example). Try for yourself: test.php: <?php var_dump($argv); sleep(120); ?> php test.php --mypass=adminadmin on second terminal: ps aux | grep adminadmin expected output: root 9627 0.0 0.0 3256 740 pts/2 S+ 21:09 0:00 php test.php --mypass=adminadmin now try running with -H: php -H test.php --mypass=adminadmin and on second trerminal you should have no match, while greping only for php, you may find it, without any arguments: ps aux | grep php root 10012 0.8 0.8 44524 9156 pts/1 S+ 21:10 0:00 php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-13 19:45:21] vr...@php.net The following patch has been added/updated: Patch Name: hide-args.patch Revision: 1331667921 URL: https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=61378&patch=hide-args.patch&revision=1331667921 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-13 19:44:54] vr...@php.net Description: ------------ `php -H` or `php --hide-args` should hide passed arguments from the running script but it does nothing. I've tried it on Windows and Linux. I think that this feature can be safely removed because it doesn't work for ages (at least since PHP 5.2.10 but probably longer) and I see only a little value in it. It is also the only undocumented option at http://php.net/features.commandline.options Test script: --------------- php -H argv.php a b argv.php: <?php print_r($argv); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Array ( ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => argv.php [1] => a [2] => b ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61378&edit=1