#40345 [NEW]: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath\x.y.z is wrong

From: pfribeiro at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows Server 2003 R2 PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath\x.y.z is wrong Description: ------------ The documentation at http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#configuration.file states that PHP will look for the configuration file in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath\x.y.z However it seems to be incorrect since the only way I've been able to use it is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\x.y.z\IniFilePath Reproduce code: --------------- 1) Configure PHP for IIS6 2) Add the following registry key in order to load php.ini, according to the documentation for PHP 5.2.0: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath\5 Expected result: ---------------- Expected PHP to look for php.ini in the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath\5 Actual result: -------------- PHP looks for php.ini in the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\5\IniFilePath -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40345&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40345&r=mysqlcfg