Description: ------------ I'm using PEAR 1.9.0, but newer version are also affected. PEAR fails to open and parse an empty php.ini file because the return value of file() is not checked correctly (see attached patch). It's easy to end up with an empty php.ini file when you set the php_ini configuration variable to a custom location. The attached patch applies to SVN r313186 Best regards Test script: --------------- #!/bin/sh php_ini=`mktemp` pear config-set php_ini $php_ini user pecl install mongo rm -f $php_ini Expected result: ---------------- [..] install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mongo-1.2.1 Extension mongo enabled in php.ini % Actual result: -------------- [...] install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mongo-1.2.1 php.ini "/tmp/tmp.V6wU8jpMA4" could not be read You should add "extension=mongo.so" to php.ini %

Added patch fix_opening_of_empty_php_ini_files.patch.

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Thanks for the patch. Applied in git stable branch for version 1.9.5.