From 16e98dcbb6da20b90a4e1f2254efaf15e5fc1bad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:13:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Initial plan


From 50bdb42791d85cf7a277db48f9123ed8ba8db039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:25:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Show literal true/false for boolean values in wp config
 get and wp config list

Co-authored-by: swissspidy <841956+swissspidy@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 features/config-get-field.feature | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++
 features/config-list.feature      | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/Config_Command.php            | 19 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/features/config-get-field.feature b/features/config-get-field.feature
index 27309cad..fea49a2b 100644
--- a/features/config-get-field.feature
+++ b/features/config-get-field.feature
@@ -293,3 +293,45 @@ Feature: Get the value of a constant or variable defined in wp-config.php and wp
       ---
       - wp_cli_test
       """
+
+  Scenario: Get a boolean true constant from wp-config.php shows literal "true"
+    Given a WP install
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', false );
+      require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      true
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG_LOG`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      false
+      """
+
+  Scenario: Get a boolean constant preserves native type for json and yaml formats
+    Given a WP install
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', false );
+      require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      true
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG_LOG --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      false
+      """
diff --git a/features/config-list.feature b/features/config-list.feature
index cdc669c8..8f6097ec 100644
--- a/features/config-list.feature
+++ b/features/config-list.feature
@@ -412,11 +412,70 @@ Feature: List the values of a wp-config.php file
       SECURE_AUTH_SALT='VNH|C>w-z?*dtP4ofy!v%RumM.}ug]mx7$QZW|C-R4T`d-~x|xvL{Xc_5C89K(,^'
       LOGGED_IN_SALT='Iwtez|Q`M l7lup; x&ml8^C|Lk&X[3/-l!$`P3GM$7:WI&X$Hn)unjZ9u~g4m[c'
       NONCE_SALT='QxcY|80 $f_dRkn*Liu|Ak*aas41g(q5X_h+m8Z$)tf6#TZ+Q,D#%n]g -{=mj1)'
-      WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE=1
-      MULTISITE=1
-      SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL=''
+      WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE=true
+      MULTISITE=true
+      SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL=false
       DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE='example.com'
       PATH_CURRENT_SITE='/'
       SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE=1
       BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE=1
       """
+
+  Scenario: List boolean constants shows literal "true" and "false" in table format
+    Given a WP install
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
+      require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config list --fields=name,value,type --format=table`
+    Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
+      | name              | value | type     |
+      | WP_DEBUG          | true  | constant |
+      | WP_DEBUG_LOG      | true  | constant |
+      | WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY  | false | constant |
+
+  Scenario: List boolean constants preserves native boolean type for json format
+    Given a WP install
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
+      require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config list WP_DEBUG --strict --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should contain:
+      """
+      {"name":"WP_DEBUG","value":true,"type":"constant"}
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config list WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY --strict --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should contain:
+      """
+      {"name":"WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY","value":false,"type":"constant"}
+      """
+
+  Scenario: List boolean constants shows literal "true" and "false" in dotenv format
+    Given a WP install
+    And a wp-config.php file:
+      """
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+      define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
+      require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config list WP_DEBUG --strict --format=dotenv`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      WP_DEBUG=true
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config list WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY --strict --format=dotenv`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY=false
+      """
diff --git a/src/Config_Command.php b/src/Config_Command.php
index ffd72851..378fff13 100644
--- a/src/Config_Command.php
+++ b/src/Config_Command.php
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ public function list_( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 			return array_walk( $values, array( $this, 'print_dotenv' ) );
 		}
 
+		if ( ! in_array( $assoc_args['format'], [ 'json', 'yaml' ], true ) ) {
+			foreach ( $values as $index => $value ) {
+				if ( is_bool( $value['value'] ) ) {
+					$values[ $index ]['value'] = $value['value'] ? 'true' : 'false';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		Utils\format_items( $assoc_args['format'], $values, $assoc_args['fields'] );
 	}
 
@@ -514,6 +522,12 @@ public function list_( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 	 */
 	public function get( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 		$value = $this->get_value( $assoc_args, $args );
+		if ( is_bool( $value ) ) {
+			$format = Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'format' );
+			if ( ! in_array( $format, [ 'json', 'yaml' ], true ) ) {
+				$value = $value ? 'true' : 'false';
+			}
+		}
 		WP_CLI::print_value( $value, $assoc_args );
 	}
 
@@ -1451,6 +1465,11 @@ private function print_dotenv( array $value ) {
 		$name           = strtoupper( $value['name'] );
 		$variable_value = isset( $value['value'] ) ? $value['value'] : '';
 
+		if ( is_bool( $variable_value ) ) {
+			WP_CLI::line( "{$name}=" . ( $variable_value ? 'true' : 'false' ) );
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$variable_value = str_replace( "'", "\'", $variable_value );
 
 		if ( ! is_numeric( $variable_value ) ) {

From 683dd1a13b2eed0e344bbf5b66f25ce669674193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Birchler <pascal.birchler@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:47:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Update features/config-get-field.feature

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 features/config-get-field.feature | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/features/config-get-field.feature b/features/config-get-field.feature
index fea49a2b..394ce4e9 100644
--- a/features/config-get-field.feature
+++ b/features/config-get-field.feature
@@ -335,3 +335,15 @@ Feature: Get the value of a constant or variable defined in wp-config.php and wp
       """
       false
       """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG --format=yaml`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      true
+      """
+
+    When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG_LOG --format=yaml`
+    Then STDOUT should be:
+      """
+      false
+      """

From 1eea4129a71ab09850f15c22bab07a34caa3629c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Birchler <pascal.birchler@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:50:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Apply suggestion from @swissspidy

---
 features/config-get-field.feature | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/features/config-get-field.feature b/features/config-get-field.feature
index 394ce4e9..b48ead94 100644
--- a/features/config-get-field.feature
+++ b/features/config-get-field.feature
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ Feature: Get the value of a constant or variable defined in wp-config.php and wp
     When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG --format=yaml`
     Then STDOUT should be:
       """
-      true
+      ---
+      - true
       """
 
     When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG_LOG --format=yaml`

From 66a67e43efc5d556e20e7e392a09331b219065ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Birchler <pascal.birchler@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:37:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Apply suggestion from @swissspidy

---
 features/config-get-field.feature | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/features/config-get-field.feature b/features/config-get-field.feature
index b48ead94..c7efc84a 100644
--- a/features/config-get-field.feature
+++ b/features/config-get-field.feature
@@ -346,5 +346,6 @@ Feature: Get the value of a constant or variable defined in wp-config.php and wp
     When I run `wp config get WP_DEBUG_LOG --format=yaml`
     Then STDOUT should be:
       """
-      false
+      ---
+      - false
       """