Re: Question about php.ini file

Jon Westcot wrote: > Hi Nathan: > > Another quick question regarding the use of the .htaccess file: > > If I'm trying to set something like post_max_size, which takes a shorthand value such > as 16M in place of the full value, will using the php_value type of statement also accept the > shorthand value, or do I need to place in the full value? yes, valid values for ini settings are the same regardless of where you set them (.ini, apache conf, php script) > > Thanks again; this solution may be exactly what we need! > > Jon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nathan Nobbe > To: Jon Westcot > Cc: PHP General > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 5:05 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Question about php.ini file > > > On 11/4/07, Jon Westcot <jon@westcot.net> wrote: > Hi Cristian: > > Thanks for the replies. > > In this case, what I've been noticing is that most of the values have > gone DOWN (i.e., gotten smaller) after I placed my own php.ini file in > place. For example, upload_max_filesize was 8M before I placed my file, > but, afterwards, it was 2M! I'm trying to increase this size, not decrease > it. > > Could it be the line-ending characters that are causing the problem? > Could PHP be seeing the new file but not realizing how to process it, which > would cause the values to flop over to their defaults? > > do you have ssh access to the server? > i recommend you start out by creating the simplest file you can by editing it > directly on the linux server, via vim or w/e. > then using a phpinfo() script, you should see your overridden value in the left > column (those are for the locally overridden values). > some other things to note are; > > 1.. apache must be properly configured to allow the .htaccess overrides. > 2.. you cant override all the values in php.ini; see the documentation > regarding which ones can be overriden and where > > > here is an article regarding the process, > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_php.ini_overrides_w/_.htaccess > > -nathan > >