cvs: phpdoc /en/chapters config.xml /en/faq installation.xml

mfischer Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/chapters config.xml /phpdoc/en/faq installation.xml Log: - Document the PHPRC variable and some other php.ini related additionas, closes #13777. Index: phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.55 phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.56 --- phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.55 Mon May 27 12:52:49 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.55 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.56 $ --> <chapter id="configuration"> <title>Configuration</title> @@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ PHP 3.0, and simply &php.ini; as of PHP 4.0) is read when PHP starts up. For the server module versions of PHP, this happens only once when the web server is started. For the - <acronym>CGI</acronym> version, it happens on every invocation.</simpara> + <acronym>CGI</acronym> and <acronym>CLI</acronym> version, it happens on + every invocation. + </simpara> + <para> + The default location of &php.ini; is a compile time option (see the <link + linkend="faq.installation.phpini">FAQ</link> entry), but can be changed + for the <acronym>CGI</acronym> and <acronym>CLI</acronym> version with the + <literal>-c</literal> command line switch, see the chapter about using + <literal>PHP</literal> from the <link + linkend="features.commandline">command line</link>. You can also use the + environment variable <literal>PHPRC</literal> for an additionaly path to + search for &php.ini;. + </para> <para> <example> <title>&php.ini; example</title> Index: phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.16 phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.17 --- phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.16 Thu Mar 28 11:27:39 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ --> <chapter id="faq.installation"> <title>Installation</title> <titleabbrev>Installation</titleabbrev> @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ </question> <answer> <para> - By default on UNIX it should be in <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>. + By default on UNIX it should be in <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename> + which is <filename>&lt;install-path&gt;/lib</filename>. Most people will want to change this at compile-time with the <link linkend="install.configure.with-config-file-path">--with-config-file-path</link> flag. You would, for example, set it with something like: @@ -41,7 +42,15 @@ </para> <para> On Windows the default path for the &php.ini; file is the Windows - directory. + directory. If you're using the Apache webserver, &php.ini; is first + searched in the Apaches install directory, e.g. <filename>c:\program + files\apache group\apache</filename>. This way you can have + different &php.ini; files for different versions of Apache on the same + machine. + </para> + <para> + See also the chapter about the <link + linkend="configuration.file">configuration file</link>. </para> </answer> </qandaentry>