Merge pull request #212 from wp-cli/copilot/fix-wp-cli-config-detection

Author: swissspidy

features/config-create.feature

@@ -275,6 +275,21 @@ Feature: Create a wp-config file
       my\\password
       """
 
+  Scenario: wp-config.php in parent folder should not prevent config create in subfolder
+    Given an empty directory
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      <?php
+      echo "some broken or custom wp-config.php file";
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp core download --path=subdir`
+    Then the return code should be 0
+
+    When I run `wp config create --skip-check --dbname=somedb --dbuser=someuser --dbpass=somepassword --path=subdir`
+    Then the return code should be 0
+    And the subdir/wp-config.php file should exist
+
   @require-mysql @require-mysql-5.7
   Scenario: Configure with required SSL connection
     Given an empty directory

src/Config_Command.php

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function create( $_, $assoc_args ) {
 		if ( ! Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'force' ) ) {
 			if ( isset( $assoc_args['config-file'] ) && file_exists( $assoc_args['config-file'] ) ) {
 				$this->config_file_already_exist_error( basename( $assoc_args['config-file'] ) );
-			} elseif ( ! isset( $assoc_args['config-file'] ) && Utils\locate_wp_config() ) {
+			} elseif ( ! isset( $assoc_args['config-file'] ) && file_exists( rtrim( ABSPATH, '/\\' ) . '/wp-config.php' ) ) {
 				$this->config_file_already_exist_error( 'wp-config.php' );
 			}
 		}