What php.ini file uses symfony server:run command?

Question

I'm using virtphp to have separate environments (different PHP versions, extensions, etc).

When I use symfony's command to run a local development server:

php app/console server:run

It seems that it ignores the php.ini file of my virtual environment (~/.virtenv/envs/myenv/etc/php.ini), e.g.: does not load the extensions definided in that file.

But when I use the php built-in server directly, it works perfectly:

php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 --docroot=web/

What's the difference of those two commands or what does symfony do differently?

This is the output of the php --ini command:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/etc/php/5.5
Loaded Configuration File:         /Users/mjuarez/.virtphp/envs/wowfi/etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /Users/mjuarez/.virtphp/envs/wowfi/etc/php
Additional .ini files parsed:      (none)

This is the output of the function phpinfo() in a Symfony controller when using the command php app/console server:run:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path   /usr/local/etc/php/5.5
Loaded Configuration File   /usr/local/etc/php/5.5/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /Users/mjuarez/.virtphp/envs/wowfi/etc/php
Additional .ini files parsed    (none)

Note the difference in "Loaded Configuration File"... when I use the php --ini command it replaces the "Loaded Configuration file" with the one in my php virtual environment and when I use the command php app/console server:run it uses the "global" configuration file.

Answer 1

For the record (and for all lost souls who arrive here by Google search like me):

Symfony console is not a program per se. It is just a PHP script. Therefore, when you run Symfony console, it doesn't have its own php.ini or extension directory or other configuration - It uses the same settings as all your other PHP scripts. (Unless overwritten at runtime - which actually might be the case of the original question.)