Re: Can't set expect.timeout

On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 18:08 -0500, Clement Yui-Wah Lee wrote: > Hi, > > Apparently I can't set the value for expect.timeout to any > values other than 0 (the default is 10). Can someone try > the following script and see if you see the same problem as > me? My php is 5.1.6, php-expect is 0.2.4, the platform is a > Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.3 > > Test method: > > 1. Drop the following script onto your php server machine > (use a different ini_set() line in each successive test). > > 2. Use a browser to execute the script and see what > phpinfo() would return the value for expect.timeout (and > expect.logfile) > > > <?php > // ini_set("expect.timeout", "0"); // This worked > // ini_set("expect.timeout", 0); // This worked > // ini_set("expect.timeout", 1); // No effect > // ini_set("expect.timeout", 5); // No effect > // ini_set("expect.timeout", "5"); // No effect > ini_set("expect.timeout", "50"); // No effect > > ini_set("expect.logfile", "/tmp/tmp"); // This worked > phpinfo(); > > ?> > > Thanks! > > Clement > Do you have permissions to change this ini setting? Some hosting companies disallow certain variables to be set through ini_set and only allow them to be done via .htaccess, and some go even further by disallowing certain ones to be changed at all. Have you tried it on a different hosting (i.e. on your local machine) ? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk