[PEAR-BUG] Req #17479 [Opn]: should use the system wide http proxy setting on *nix

Edit report at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17479&edit=1

 ID:               17479
 Updated by:       [email protected]
 Reported By:      ken at linux dot ie
 Summary:          should use the system wide http proxy setting on *nix
 Status:           Open
 Type:             Feature/Change Request
 Package:          PEAR
 Operating System: *nix
 Package Version:  1.9.1
 PHP Version:      5.2.6
 Roadmap Versions: 
 New Comment:

Right now we do this:

if (getenv('PHP_PEAR_HTTP_PROXY')) {
    define('PEAR_CONFIG_DEFAULT_HTTP_PROXY', 
getenv('PHP_PEAR_HTTP_PROXY'));
} elseif (getenv('http_proxy')) {
    define('PEAR_CONFIG_DEFAULT_HTTP_PROXY', getenv('http_proxy'));
} else {
    define('PEAR_CONFIG_DEFAULT_HTTP_PROXY', '');
}

We will in fact look for http_proxy (as you are suggesting we use)

Are you sure you are not able to use this?


Previous Comments:
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[2010-06-10 00:08:48] kguest

Three possible types of values for http_proxy could be used:
<not set> or null - don't use a proxy at all
'inherit' - use proxy specified by the http_proxy environment variable
<set> e.g. http://192.168.1.2:128 - use specified proxy


if people want to have a system proxy but have none for their pear
install then the solution would be to do:
$ pear config-set http_proxy ''

The default setting would be to inherit the value from the environment
variable.

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[2010-06-09 19:17:47] dufuz

-Type: Bug
+Type: Feature/Change Request
This is not a bug, this is a feature request.

How do you propose this be done? The option here is to just look for the
http_proxy 
and always use it if it's around, but what about when people want to
have a system 
proxy but none set for pear?
The option for that would be to import that http proxy from the system
on installation 
but then it would be hard to keep them in sync automagically.

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[2010-06-09 16:54:44] kguest

Description:
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On *nix systems [the cli tool] should use the system wide proxy setting
as set thus:
$export http_proxy='http://192.168.1.2:3128/'

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