#19202 [Com]: environment variable PHPRC not used

ID: 19202 Comment by: phpbug083002@smayw.nask.com Reported By: phpbug083002@smayw.nask.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: *Configuration Issues Operating System: RedHat 7.2 PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: My understanding of the docs is that a CGI php reads the php.ini each time it is started, and I would expect it to look upon startup in all the places mod_php looks at apache startup. So if setting the environment variable in the environment that spawns the PHP-CGI binary (which is what the SetEnv Apache config directive will do, as shown in the phpinfo(); page in the link provided) will not do what you advertise, it should be noted in the docs. If on the other hand my reasoning is correct and the CGI PHP parser will look at the value of the PHPRC environment variable in its environment, it looks like it doesn't work in 4.2.2. Either way it is not meant as a support request, it's either a bug in the docs or a bug in PHP-CGI, from my point of view. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-30 17:46:35] sniper@php.net Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php Thank you for your interest in PHP. Hint: It's a shell environment variable..set it before starting apache.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-30 14:08:02] phpbug083002@smayw.nask.com I set the environment variable PHPRC using: SetEnv PHPRC /etc/httpd/conf/aktualnosci.tras.pl and create a /etc/httpd/conf/aktualnosci.tras.pl/php.ini file: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96 Aug 30 18:29 /etc/httpd/conf/aktualnosci.tras.pl/php.ini containing: open_basedir =/home/web1/aktualnosci.tras.pl:/tmp doc_root =/home/web1/aktualnosci.tras.pl/www I am sure the variable gets set (http://aktualnosci.tras.pl/php.sphp) but the config file used remains at the default, and none of the options set in the ini file get modified - looks like the file is not looked at, basically ignored. Help :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19202&edit=1