Hi,
I have just a small question regarding waf cli syntax
The 2 commands below are correct nor not ?
php joomla.php admintools:waf:set --key=allowed_domains --empty
php joomla.php admintools:waf:set --key allowed_domains --empty
Thanks
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#42592 question about CLI waf syntax
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Latest post by toonetcreation on Thursday, 08 January 2026 03:54 CST
Thursday, 08 January 2026 03:11 CST
toonetcreation
Thursday, 08 January 2026 03:45 CST
nicholas
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Both forms work, but there's a catch.
The first one (with the equals sign) is the correct UNIX-style convention and the one I would put my money on continuing to be supported for years to come. That's what you should be using, as it's an unambiguous, de facto standard.
The second syntax is "wrong" as far as the UNIX-style convention goes. The Joomla CLI application uses the Symfony Console package which currently parses that "wrong" syntax correctly. Will this be the case in the future? I don't know. If they dropped support for this syntax in the future I would not be upset, I would find it pretty logical to be honest.
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Thursday, 08 January 2026 03:54 CST
toonetcreation
ok thanks, I will keep the first one.
thank you