[php-src] master: main: convert error_log global to zend_string*

Author: Gina Peter Banyard (Girgias)
Date: 2026-07-30T09:45:57+01:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/9362fc793cc17ff01efddbfbb2bb2b716daad0fc
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/9362fc793cc17ff01efddbfbb2bb2b716daad0fc.diff

main: convert error_log global to zend_string*

Allows us to convert a strcmp() call to zend_string_equals_literal() which is less confusing

Changed paths:
  M  main/main.c
  M  main/php_globals.h


Diff:

diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index 5d26de4edc5e..7c5f8baae304 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -706,8 +706,9 @@ static PHP_INI_MH(OnUpdateErrorLog)
 			return FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
-	char **p = ZEND_INI_GET_ADDR();
-	*p = new_value && ZSTR_LEN(new_value) > 0 ? ZSTR_VAL(new_value) : NULL;
+
+	zend_string **p = ZEND_INI_GET_ADDR();
+	*p = new_value && ZSTR_LEN(new_value) > 0 ? new_value : NULL;
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -940,7 +941,7 @@ PHPAPI ZEND_COLD void php_log_err_with_severity(const char *log_message, int sys
 		int error_log_mode;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
-		if (!strcmp(PG(error_log), "syslog")) {
+		if (zend_string_equals_literal(PG(error_log), "syslog")) {
 			php_syslog(syslog_type_int, "%s", log_message);
 			PG(in_error_log) = 0;
 			return;
@@ -953,7 +954,7 @@ PHPAPI ZEND_COLD void php_log_err_with_severity(const char *log_message, int sys
 			error_log_mode = PG(error_log_mode);
 		}
 
-		fd = VCWD_OPEN_MODE(PG(error_log), O_CREAT | O_APPEND | O_WRONLY, error_log_mode);
+		fd = VCWD_OPEN_MODE(ZSTR_VAL(PG(error_log)), O_CREAT | O_APPEND | O_WRONLY, error_log_mode);
 		if (fd != -1) {
 			char *tmp;
 			size_t len;
diff --git a/main/php_globals.h b/main/php_globals.h
index 74639ffe0d47..45a1b0e44bf5 100644
--- a/main/php_globals.h
+++ b/main/php_globals.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct _php_core_globals {
 	zend_long max_memory_limit;
 	zend_long max_input_time;
 
-	char *error_log;
+	zend_string *error_log;
 
 	zend_string *doc_root;
 	char *user_dir;