Effect of syntax error in php.ini

Hi I have come across some very strange behavior with php-4.3.9-3.22.5 when using Moodle 1.8+ on a CentOS 4.5 Linux platform. If I accidentally corrupt the php.ini file as follows and restart Apache all is well and admin/index.php displays correctly. The corrupt section in php.ini is shown below: ; Resource Limits ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; max_execution_time = 30 max_input_time = 60 memory_limit = 60M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume If I correct the comment line by removing the carriage return after the word script and restart Apache the page admin/index.php just comes up blank. The uncorrupted section in php.ini is shown below: ; Resource Limits ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; max_execution_time = 30 max_input_time = 60 memory_limit = 60M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume What effect does introducing a syntax error into php.ini have? Anyone any idea what on earth is happening here??? Any suggestions most welcome... Clive Clive Gould HE PAL ICT Bromley College