[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40095: installation looks outside of it's installation directory

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#40095: installation looks outside of it's installation directory
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 Reporter:  jbvignaud        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  4.7.3
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Hey there,

 Thanks for taking the time for this report and welcome to Trac!

 > After debug, i found that wp install was looking for a wp-config.php in
 "/home/www/" (outside of it's installation directory). And of course,
 there i had a wp-config.php, copy of an existing site's wp-config.php.

 That's intended behaviour. If there's no `wp-config.php` file in the
 current directory, WordPress tries to search for it one level above.
 That's useful when you install WordPress in a sub-folder (e.g.
 example.com/wp/) or when you don't want your config file to sit in the web
 root.

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