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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T02:53:00+00:00 2026-06-05T02:53:00+00:00

In the CLI mode, is it safe and portable to rely on getenv(‘_’) for

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In the CLI mode, is it safe and portable to rely on getenv('_') for finding out which php interpreter executable is running the current php script? I don’t see it documented anywhere on php.net

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    2026-06-05T02:53:01+00:00Added an answer on June 5, 2026 at 2:53 am

    constant of PHP_BINDIR should be more reliable
    (I might be wrong)

    A quick test I did show getenv("_"); in fastcgi is httpd (no problem on CLI)

    If you have PHP 5.4, then

    PHP_BINARY
    
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