get_cfg_var

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

get_cfg_var — Gets the value of a PHP configuration option

Description

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

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.

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