Re: safe_mode

At 9:01 PM -0400 5/19/06, John Hicks wrote:

tedd wrote:

Hi gang: Please excuse me for asking another dumb-ass question, but here goes. I'm finding that setting safe_mode to ON is more difficult than I first thought. In my phpinfo, safe_mode is set to OFF

-snip- You would think the fine manual would explain this here: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php Table 42-1. Security and Safe Mode Configuration Directives Name: safe_mode Default: "0" Changeable: PHP_INI_SYSTEM but you have to look here http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ini.php to find just what PHP_INI_SYSTEM means: Table G-2. Definition of PHP_INI_* constants Constant: PHP_INI_SYSTEM Value: 4 Meaning: Entry can be set in php.ini or httpd.conf i.e. *not* in .htaccess or by ini_set()

[ Boy, do I dread posting this. ] Okay, safe_mode cannot be set by .htaccess or by ini_set(). It can only be set by the php.ini file -- I get it -- thanks. So, now I'm trying to get my own php.ini file to work. I reviewed several links, but the easiest I found to understand was: http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/php-ini.html I didn't see any references that disagreed. So, as I understand it, one procedure to get a custom php.ini file to work is: 1. Get a php.ini templet. 2. Alter as you like. 3. Place it in your working directory. I did that, and the results can be viewed at: http://xn--ovg.com/aaa However, regardless of what my php.ini file states, the directives I changed remain unchanged. What other obvious thing am I not seeing? Thanks. tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com