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Old 12-24-2007
R-150: PHP Security Update
There are a number of vulnerabilities in PHP. The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker who is able to access a PHP application affected by any these issues could trigger these flaws and possibly execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user.


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get_cfg_var

GET_CFG_VAR(3)								 1							    GET_CFG_VAR(3)

get_cfg_var - Gets the value of a PHP configuration option

SYNOPSIS

       string get_cfg_var (string  $option)

DESCRIPTION

	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

	      o $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.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 5.3.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	| get_cfg_var(3) was fixed to  be  able  to  return |
       |	| "array" ini options.				    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO

       ini_get(3), ini_get_all(3).

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