$_ENV or getenv to get bash environmental variables.. change php.ini?? env vars

I want to be able to do a getenv('SYMFONY_HOME'); or any env var that I've setup in my /etc/bashrc for everyone. But apache obviously doesn't have a shell, so it doesn't know about these. only the stuff in $_ENV. What I want to know is how can I read env vars like ANT_HOME, JAVA_HOME, etc.. in php? I just need to be able to read symfony's root path so I can stop hard coding it into a config file in the project everytime I deploy to a new machine. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%24_ENV-or-getenv-to-get-bash-environmental-variables..-change-php.ini---env-vars-tp18617784p18617784.html Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.