Re: Environment variables in php.ini

Jim Lucas dedi ki: > Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: --8<-- >> Is it possible at all to use environment variables in php.ini, or is >> there any other solution to the problem above? >> >> Thank you. > > Read this: > > > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#configuration.file > > You can put a file in any other these locations that will be read by the > cgi when it is started. > > my suggestion would be to use a single php.ini file in a global location. > Then symlink a php.ini to there home directory or web root. > > Then set perms on the single global file such that only you can write to > it, but everybody can read > it. This should work for you. That was also my first inclination but I had to abandon it, because then I couldn't give different parameters for different virtual hosts. For instance currently I (have to) centrally use "error_log=php_error.log" and this causes a "php_error.log" been created everywhere (as I can't give absolute address, each php script creates a log in the directory it resides in.) If only I would have been able to give something to the effect of "php_error=$HOME/php_error.log" then every user would've had only one log file. Another drawback with central read-only php.ini is that users won't be able to tweak php.ini to certain extent (but not much - just like php_flag and php_value). With cgi-php, users are either too restricted (r/o php.ini) or too free (r/w php.ini). Thanks and regards -- Abdullah Ramazanoglu aramazan ÄT myrealbox D0T cöm