ignore_user_abort() ignores php3.ini

Greetings, Is there any reason why calling ignore_user_abort() does not reflect the setting of the ignore_user_abort parameter in the php3.ini file? I understand that after passing ignore_user_abort() a value it will reflect my setting, however the first time it is called is there any reason it always returns zero? <?php printf("<BR>%s<BR>\n", ignore_user_abort()); ?> This always returns zero, however phpinfo() returns a value of 1 for the ignore_user_abort setting because I have the following line in my php3.ini file: ignore_user_abort = On Thanks, Matthew