Bug #42849 [Com]: Configuration File (php.ini) Path incorrect

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42849&edit=1 ID: 42849 Comment by: zzz20120427 at pby dot com Reported by: inglis-php at yahoo dot com dot au Summary: Configuration File (php.ini) Path incorrect Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: win xp pro PHP Version: 5.2.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: After installing PHP 5.2.14 via the msi installer, Apache 2.2.16 would no longer start - until I tried the PHPIniDir 'C:\Program Files\PHP' trick (single quotes and backslashes). But PHPInfo showed Configuration File (php.ini) Path as C:\Windows and Loaded Configuration File as (none). (I have only one PHP.ini file and it's in C:\Program Files\PHP.) Double-checking with PHP -i, I got several dialog boxes warning that the built-in dlls weren't loaded. PHPInfo showed an incorrect default directory for include_path so I uncommented include_path and set it to C:\Program Files\PHP\PEAR. No idea if this is correct but the dialog boxes went away, but only if I didn't use a terminating quote! (Otherwise Apache wouldn't start.) I also noticed that Loaded Configuration File was now displaying correctly - whether I used slashes or backslashes, double-quotes or single-quotes. Unfortunately, PHPInfo did not show the modules I had enabled in PHP.ini. I wonder why PHP will let Apache start with three quotes and not four. Here are the settings I made (I switched to forward slashes so the trailing backslash of a Windows path could not accidently escape the quote. httpd.conf: PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/PHP/" PHP.ini: include_path = ".;C:/Program Files/PHP/PEAR BTW, moving the trailing quote from PHPIniDir to PHP.ini prevented Apache from starting. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-28 00:23:24] pajoye@php.net Ask support in the PHP setup or PHP Windows mailing. Or to one of the numerous support channel out there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-28 00:06:37] vera_cai at hotmail dot com I have exactly the same problem that because of this bug, my PHP just can not work with mysql and keep complainning "Call to undefined function mysql_connect() ". I've tried 5.2.13, 5.3.2 and both had problem. Until searched forum with somebody mentioned to use "phpinfo" check where the php.ini located, I eventually find this bug. With one line added in httpd.conf file "PHPIniDir 'c:\php'", the problem is gone. Can somebody help to fix this problem as this is not only annoying, I am not able to get PHP work with mysql because of this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-18 23:30:08] rsberger1 at hotmail dot com Since this bug was suspended due to "no feedback", I thought I'd supply the requested feedback and hope that someone would fix this annoyance. The two places in my phpinfo output regarding php.ini are: Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\Windows Loaded Configuration File D:\Apps\MyFolder\php-5.3.2\php.ini Apparently my php.ini is being loaded from my php-5.3.2 folder, but phpinfo erroneously reports php.ini's path as C:\Windows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-28 05:33:09] u2gohome at gmail dot com Hi. For me this problem was only occurring when php was executed via apache. Executing php -i from the command line listed the mysql extension whereas a phpinfo() request via the browser did not. Try adding the following line to your apache httpd.conf file (to point to the directory containing php.ini) eg. PHPIniDir 'C:\php' Adding this line changed phpinfo()'s reported 'Loaded Configuration File' from (none) to C:\php\php.ini, and mysql started talking. However, phpinfo() still reports c:\windows as the php.ini directory. Cheers, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-12 11:48:21] alim at fourplusadvertising dot com I am quite confused with this whole thing on my mac (leopard).. i thought my PHP was the perfect installation..;-).. till i realised that my PHP.ini setting of upload_max_filesize was still 2 MB inspite of me having changed it to 32 MB!!.. how do i get php to use the php.ini values and not the default.. I am facing the same issue on my imac.. there's some loaded configuration file which shows /private/etc while the Configuration File (php.ini) Path is /etc But they are I think symlinked.. but whatever I edit in the php.ini does not reflect in the phpinfo().. please help.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42849 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42849&edit=1