Bug #4121: Apache .conf directive problem

From: jeremiah@emphasys.net Operating system: Redhat 6.1 PHP version: 3.0.16 PHP Bug Type: Other Bug description: Apache .conf directive problem During an upgrade from PHP 3.0.12 to PHP 3.0.16, I discovered the following unexpected/changed behavior from Apache .conf directive parsing. I think this may be a result of the patch to mod_php3.c between releases 3.0.12 and 3.0.13: Revision 1.93 Sat Sep 18 22:12:09 1999 UTC by rasmus Changed since 1.92: +57 -54 lines I think this should finally fix the Apache .conf directive problems related to overriding directives set at higher levels inside sub-dirs Example: php3.ini ######## ... engine = Off ; disable PHP 3.0 parser by default magic_quotes_gpc = On ; magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie data ... httpd.conf ########## ... <VirtualHost _default_:*> ... DocumentRoot /www/apache/htdocs php3_engine on # Files in test/ dir are parsed as expected # but only because we have given "php3_engine on" <Directory /www/apache/htdocs/test> php3_engine on php3_magic_quotes_gpc Off </Directory> # Files in test/subdir/ are not parsed by php # It seems php3.ini engine = Off is reapplied # ignoring that the parent dir's "php3_engine on" <Directory /www/apache/htdocs/test/subdir> php3_magic_quotes_gpc On </Directory> # Files in test2/ are not parsed by php # It seems php3.ini engine = Off is reapplied # ignoring the VirtualHost's "php3_engine on" <Directory /www/apache/htdocs/test2> php3_magic_quotes_gpc Off </Directory> ...