compiled tpc resolves TypePHP dependencies relative to the current working directory

[jefyokta]

Environment

• macOS
• Homebrew

Description

i tried to make Homebrew formula to make global tpc bin, tpc currently assumes that paths such as vendor/... are relative to the user's current working directory.

Cause

The relevant code is in src/compiler.php:

typephp/src/compiler.php

Lines 14 to 18 in e90d624

	if (!defined('TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH')) {
	define('TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH', getcwd());
	}
	if (!defined('TYPEPHP_DEBUG')) {

Since the entry file does not include bin/bootstrap.php, where TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH is defined, the code falls back to getcwd().

As a result, tpc looks for its own dependencies relative to the current working directory rather than the TypePHP installation directory.

I tested the behavior of getcwd() with a compiled TypePHP executable:

jefyokta@jefyokta child-dir % ./pwd_php
~/parent-dir/child-dir

jefyokta@jefyokta child-dir % cd ..

jefyokta@jefyokta parent-dir % ./child-dir/pwd_php
~/parent-dir

jefyokta@jefyokta parent-dir % cat ./child-dir/pwd.php
<?php

function main()
{
    echo getcwd() . PHP_EOL;
}

This shows that getcwd() returns the current working directory from which the executable is invoked, rather than the directory where the executable itself is located.

For example, when running:

cd /tmp/my-project
tpc project.yml

the compiler may attempt to resolve paths such as:

/tmp/my-project/vendor/...

instead of:

/path/to/typephp/vendor/...

This makes it difficult to use tpc as a globally installed executable because TypePHP's internal dependencies are expected to exist inside the user's current project.

My Temporary Solution

Anyway, I have already created a experimental Homebrew tap as a temporary workaround:

https://github.com/jefyokta/homebrew-typephp

The formula currently replaces the relevant constant/path handling:

https://github.com/jefyokta/homebrew-typephp/blob/0c033e0bf45c6880ecaa28eabd9af3653ffdcc51/Formula/tpc.rb#L41-L45

 -  define('TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH', getcwd());
 + define('TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH', getenv('TYPEPHP_HOME') ?: getcwd());

With this workaround, I set TYPEPHP_HOME to the correct TypePHP installation path. If TYPEPHP_HOME is not set, it falls back to getcwd() as before.