Is there a way to specify DB creds on the command line?

[theMikeD]

I use a system by which wp-config.php is in git, but the db creds are not; they are loaded via an include as Mark suggests here

https://github.com/markjaquith/WordPress-Skeleton

wp-cli fails with such a setup because it's reading in the wp-config.php file directly (as opposed to after having been washed through php first) and it's looking for something that's not in the file.

This page

http://wp-cli.org/config/

seems to imply that the DB creds can be put into a wp-cli.local.yml file using dbuser and dbpass. I've tried it though and it doesn't work.

Is there a trick to it, or is this something that will not work at all? I'm def. not looking for a debate on the merits of doing things this way; take that up with Mark if you like.

[theMikeD]

Closing, because I think the issue is elsewhere. Sorry for the noise. FTR this is related to WP-CLI not populating $_SERVER

[danielbachhuber]

wp-cli fails with such a setup because it's reading in the wp-config.php file directly (as opposed to after having been washed through php first) and it's looking for something that's not in the file.

See also #1631