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Add DB_PATH as the primary SQLite database setting for database connections, schema installation, Site Health, and storage lock placement. It cannot be combined with DB_DIR, DB_FILE, FQDBDIR, or FQDB.

Legacy settings remain supported when DB_PATH is absent, but database paths and storage directories must be absolute. Storage under a secret randomized path remains the default. The drop-in then defines DB_PATH with the resolved path. Invalid values fail explicitly without falling back to another database.

WP_SQLite_Storage now exposes with_secret_path( $root ) and with_explicit_path( $path ), with a private constructor. Callers resolve the configuration before creating storage.

In-memory databases (:memory:) require no filesystem storage or locking.

Why

A single full-path setting makes the active database easier to configure and identify. The older path constants are deprecated in PHPDoc while their behavior remains available for backward compatibility.

Builds on #502.

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  • New Features

    • Configure SQLite with an absolute DB_PATH or :memory:. When DB_PATH is not set, SQLite continues to use the default or legacy database path.
    • Legacy database settings are deprecated and cannot be combined with DB_PATH.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid database paths are rejected rather than silently falling back to a legacy location.
    • Site-health reporting now reflects the selected database path and its size.
    • In-memory databases no longer require filesystem locking.

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Walkthrough

The SQLite drop-in now accepts and validates DB_PATH, initializes storage from configured or legacy paths, and defines DB_PATH after initialization when needed. SQLite connections, installation DSNs, and health-check data use DB_PATH. Tests cover path resolution, validation, in-memory use, migration, and storage operations.

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SQLite database path

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve DB_PATH and legacy settings
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/constants.php
Constants reject non-string DB_PATH values and conflicts with legacy path constants. FQDBDIR and FQDB use DB_PATH when configured and retain legacy resolution otherwise.
Validate paths and initialize storage
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-storage.php, packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/db.php, tests/phpunit/WP_SQLite_Storage_Test.php
Storage now uses factory methods for secret-path and explicit-path configurations. These validate absolute paths and support :memory:. The drop-in selects DB_PATH, FQDB, or default secret-path storage, then defines DB_PATH when needed. Tests cover resolution, validation, migration, locking, and storage behavior.
Use DB_PATH in SQLite operations
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-db.php, packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/install-functions.php, packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/health-check.php
SQLite connection and installation DSNs use DB_PATH. Health-check file and size data also use DB_PATH.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 710bf

Site Health will warn and show no database size when the database runs in memory. This is a small diagnostics glitch and does not affect database operation. Guard the filesize() call for ':memory:' at your convenience.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 710bf

Path validation and explicit failure handling reduce accidental database selection. However, reverting the code after adopting DB_PATH can reopen a different database unless configuration is reverted with it, potentially restoring stale data and authorization state.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: A code-only rollback after adopting DB_PATH can silently reopen a legacy or default database instead of the active configured file. If that database contains stale users, permissions or other security-relevant state, rollback can restore obsolete authorization decisions. Legacy configuration compatibility does not prevent this DB_PATH-only rollback case; the deployment procedure is unknown.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The consequential scope is the configured WordPress database and its consumers, including persisted user and permission state. Path selection operates with PHP's existing filesystem permissions; no request-controlled configuration source is established by the examined bootstrap.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — The supported security-relevant failure path is operational: adopt DB_PATH, update the active database, then revert code without translating configuration. Older code can select another database and thereby restore stale authorization state. This depends on rollback and database contents, not demonstrated unauthenticated path manipulation.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Explicit path authority existed through FQDB before this PR. Head adds validation and retains randomized secret storage by default. New directories and database files request restrictive permissions, with .htaccess and index.php protection files; these measures do not establish effective HTTP denial on an unknown web-server configuration.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Secret-path publication uses temporary-file rename, but checks write failure rather than complete byte count. Invalid recorded metadata fails closed. These routines and their exposure are unchanged from the compared base; incomplete-write recovery is a pre-existing limitation, not an introduced concern.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Treat database identity as a rollback gate: stop serving requests during incompatible transitions, translate DB_PATH to the matching legacy setting when reverting, and verify the connected file before resuming service.
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JanJakes marked this pull request as ready for review September 24, 2026 13:46
@JanJakes JanJakes changed the title Support DB_PATH as the primary database setting Support DB_PATH as the primary database path constant Sep 24, 2026

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In `@packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/health-check.php`:
- Around line 39-42: Handle the supported `DB_PATH` value `:memory:` in the
`database_size` field before calling `filesize()`. Show a localized “Not
available” value for the in-memory database, and preserve the existing
`size_format(filesize(DB_PATH))` behavior for file-backed databases.

In `@packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/db.php`:
- Around line 51-54: Update the DB_PATH validation in the database
initialization flow to reject relative paths while continuing to accept absolute
paths and the special ":memory:" path. Use the existing invalid-path exception,
and add a relative-path case to the `invalid_database_paths` data in
`WP_SQLite_Storage_Test`.

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Use DB_PATH for storage initialization, database connections, installation,
and Site Health. Place storage locks beside the configured database.

Reject DB_PATH combined with DB_DIR, DB_FILE, FQDBDIR, or FQDB. Keep legacy
settings when DB_PATH is absent and deprecate the older constants.

Create WP_SQLite_Storage with with_secret_path() or with_explicit_path().
Each storage mode gets its own named constructor, and callers pass the
storage root instead of the class reading FQDBDIR.

Validate database paths in WP_SQLite_Storage before any file operations.
Require an absolute filesystem path, or :memory: for an explicit path. This
also rejects a relative DB_DIR or FQDBDIR, which resolved against the working
directory.

Cover mixed settings, default storage, legacy settings, in-memory databases,
and invalid paths and directories.

#502
The randomized database path protects the database because it can't be
guessed. Name this storage mode after that, matching with_secret_path().
An in-memory database has no files, and no other process can open it, so
there is nothing to lock. Don't set a storage root for it, which removes its
dependency on FQDBDIR, and make lock() do nothing.

Also don't derive FQDBDIR from an in-memory DB_PATH. Its directory is ".",
which would make FQDBDIR a relative path. FQDBDIR keeps its default instead.

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- Line 42: Update the database-size value in the Site Health check to detect
when DB_PATH is ':memory:' before calling filesize(). Show the localized “Not
available” value for in-memory databases, and preserve the existing
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Show "Not available" for in-memory databases instead of calling filesize().

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JanJakes requested a review from mho22 September 30, 2026 11:06
JanJakes added a commit to Automattic/wp-cli-sqlite-command that referenced this pull request Sep 30, 2026
Resolve DB_PATH, db-path.php, or a legacy .ht.sqlite database at runtime,
retaining FQDB compatibility for older integration plugin versions. Export
and table listing check that the database exists before opening it. Import
uses the configured location and initializes secret-path storage only when
no location has been recorded.

Report invalid plugin database settings as command errors. Keep storage
initialization out of the plugin loader and cover the storage behavior with
Behat scenarios.

WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#512

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LGTM! 👍

On the Playground side, boot.ts has to keep defining DB_DIR / DB_FILE for older bundled plugin versions here, so a Blueprint that sets constants.DB_PATH together with dataSqlPath will now probably hit the conflict error right?

if ( '' === $database_path ) {
throw new RuntimeException( 'The SQLite database path is invalid.' );
public static function with_explicit_path( string $path ): self {
if ( ':memory:' !== $path && ! self::is_absolute_path( $path ) ) {

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A DB_PATH that names an existing directory, or ends in a slash, passes is_absolute_path(). It then initialize() then writes .htaccess and index.php into the parent directory before failing with Failed to create the SQLite database file.

Should it reject is_dir( $path ) here before anything is written?

);
}

public function absolute_database_paths() {

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Every workflow runs on ubuntu-latest, so the Windows-only cases here and the Windows branch of is_absolute_path() never run in CI, is a windows-latest job for this file worth it?

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