Re: why the damn phpinfo() is so talkative? + answers

Those variables prevent setting _not_ viewing -Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teodor Cimpoesu" <teo@digiro.net> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] why the damn phpinfo() is so talkative? + answers > Hi Jason! > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Jason Greene wrote: > > > I agree with what your saying, though I do agree that hosted customers seeing certain > > environment variables can be undesireable. > > What do you think about a safe mode ini setting that could block certain > > "sensative" vars from being read? > there is already something like this, see: > > safe_mode_allowed_env_vars > safe_mode_protected_env_vars > > options your php.ini. > > As for the original post, when you start Apache it inherits all your > environment, this is how the programs work least on *nix. > > If you don't want that, use the magic `env' program like this: > > # /usr/bin/env -i /opt/apache/sbin/httpd > > (with your env and httpd paths, of course). > The -i options `clears' the environ so the httpd process starts w/o > inheriting anything. > > -- teodor > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >