Re: [SOLVED]Problem with php.ini

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 17:59 +0200, Torgny Bjers wrote: > Tim Boring wrote: > > >I'm having a problem with php-cli and php_mod reading my php.ini file. > >I've compiled php from source, during which process I set > >"--with-config-file=/etc". Once the compile completed, I then copied > >php.ini-recommened to /etc/php.ini. > > > >After restarting Apache, I run phpinfo() and "Configuration File Path" > >is showing only "/etc", which means it's not find /etc/php.ini. So then > >I tried the cli and ran phpinfo() from it and same thing. If I run it > >as "php -c /etc/php.ini", it can find/read it. > > > >For what it's worth, this is happening on a Gentoo system, but this > >shouldn't make too much of a difference since I've compiled PHP from > >source (v5.0.4), the same source I've used on a couple of other > >(non-Gentoo) machines. > > > >Just in case, here's the configure command I used: > >'./configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs2' '--disable-cgi' > >'--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--with-openssl' '--with-zlib' > >'-enable-bcmath' '--with-bz2' '--enable-calendar' > >'--enable-dba' > >'--with-db4' '--with-inifile' '--with-flatfile' > >'--enable-dio' > >'--enable-ftp' '--enable-gmp' '--with-unixODBC' > >'--with-pgsql' > >'--with-readline' '--enable-soap' '--enable-sockets' > >'--enable-wddx' > >'--with-xsl' '--with-pear' > > > >Any ideas? > > > > > > I think that --with-config-file-path is an absolute path to the php.ini > file, and not just a directory name, although, it ought to default to > php.ini, but perhaps when setting that directive it assumes that you are > specifying a custom configuration file, for instance /etc/php5_alt.ini > or /etc/my_php.ini instead of just php.ini. So, I think you should use > the --sysconfdir directive instead if you just want to specify where PHP > has its ini file. > > Regards, > Torgny > Okay, I resolved it by running "make clean" in the source directory and then re-running configure/make/make install. I think what happened was the first time I compiled it I didn't use the --with-config-file-path option, then went back and re-compiled with setting --with-config-file-path=/etc but without running "make clean" first. Thanks, Tim -- Tim Boring IT Manager Automotive Distributors Warehouse 2981 Morse Road Columbus, OH 43231 Toll Free: 800-421-5556, x3007 Direct: 614-532-4240 E-mail: tboring@adw1.com