PHP 4.0 Bug #6230 Updated: php.ini is not being read

ID: 6230 User Update by: vaughan@ucla.edu Status: Feedback Bug Type: Installation problem Description: php.ini is not being read Jani, Thanks for following up. A post I made seems not to have been committed to your database. I checked with a linux advisor, who pointed out that there are three file times we need to be aware of: creation time, modification time and access time. 'ls -la' gives us creation time. 'ls -lu' gives us access time, which is what we want. But the access time associated with php.ini does change when I stop and start apache. That was with the 2000817 CVS, With today's CVS I just get the following errors when I try to load apache PHP Warning: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php4/apache/mysql.so' - /usr/lib/php4/apache/mysql.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0 Failed loading /usr/lib/phplib/Zend/ZendOptimizer.so: /usr/lib/phplib/Zend/ZendOptimizer.so: undefined symbol: zend_v_compile_files Apache does load, however, and reads the php.ini file, picking up the relevant changes (eg to session settings). Now I at least have one problem solved, with two more to replace it :-) Previous Comments: [2000-09-04 16:55:44] sniper@php.net So, what is the situation now? Have you tried CVS lately? Is it working now or what? --Jani --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-23 14:40:41] vaughan@ucla.edu Looks like you've identified the problem! Any ideas about where to go from here? ls -la /etc/php4/apache/php.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 14981 Aug 15 08:28 /etc/php4/apache/php.ini apachectl restart ls -la /etc/php4/apache/php.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 14981 Aug 15 08:28 /etc/php4/apache/php.ini # date Wed Aug 23 11:34:00 PDT 2000 # cat /etc/php4/apache/php.ini # ls -la /etc/php4/apache/php.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 14981 Aug 15 08:28 /etc/php4/apache/php.ini --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-23 14:14:06] hholzgra@php.net the '-X' thing was related to something else that has been solved (see #6302) but your case is different so lets get back to the 'ls -la' story you should do a 'ls -la' before and after you start apache if php.ini is beeing read the date and time should change as the 'a' option tells ls to show the last access time instead of the modification time if it doesn't change you shoud 'cat php.ini' and check the output of 'ls -la php-ini' again if it still doesn't change then access time tracking is off for your filesystem, if it does then you can be sure that the webserver doesn't read the file ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-23 14:06:23] vaughan@ucla.edu I used /usr/sbin/apache -X to restart the httpd daemon as you suggested. PHP still fails to read the php.ini file. Nothing of interest in the error.log. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-23 05:07:46] hholzgra@php.net i had a similar problem yesterday (bug #6302) and found out that php.ini worked as expected when i started apache in single-process mode with option -X for debugging reasons but that it totaly ignored php.ini in its normal multiprocess mode of operation could you please try if you get the same effect when starting apache with 'httpd -X' ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-18 12:17:43] vaughan@ucla.edu here it is: -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 14981 Aug 15 08:28 /etc/php4/apache/php.ini The owner used to be root, but I changed it to see if that would help. I restart apache with apachectl whenever I make a change. nothing shows up in phpinfo() as changed. Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) Debian/GNU PHP/4.0.2-dev --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-18 05:45:42] hholzgra@php.net could you please check with 'ls -la php.ini' that the file is really read ... ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-18 00:57:47] vaughan@ucla.edu In order to deal with bug # 6157, I followed the advice and downloaded and compiled Version 4.0.2-dev. --with-mysql --with-apxs --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --with-config-file-path=/etc/php4/apache Compiled ok. Picks up where the config file (php.ini) should be, but certainly does not read that file, or if it does then it makes none of the changes I have put in (eg. that /phpsessions be the sessions directory). Permissions on the file are ok. Nothing in the Apache error log. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=6230