Changing Users Passwords Via Script? Post: 19373

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php-config(1)							Scripting Language						     php-config(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       php-config [options]

DESCRIPTION

       php-config is a simple shell script for obtaining information about installed PHP configuration.

OPTIONS

       --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
       --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
       --version      PHP version
       --vernum       PHP version as integer

       SEE ALSO
	      php(1)

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