Re: Can't find php.ini on my Linux/Apache module install

Hi Ken, that looks like both are being read, which I wasn't aware of. Thanks for pointing out. Setting things within the apache configuration is quite useful if you want to set them on a per-directory basis, or have different settings for .php and .phtml files, etc, etc. Cheers, Ben Ken wrote: > > At 07:08 AM 2/27/01 +0100, Ben Peter wrote: > >Ken, > > > >if PHP is 'built in' to apache (--with-apxs, besides other ways to > >achieve this), it is configured through Apache. This is either > >httpd.conf, or .htaccess files within your web tree. > >The 'configuration' section in the manual is more specific on that. > > Interesting. Are you suggesting that the PHP configuration directives could've been put > into the httpd.conf file? > > Anyway, that wouldn't have been very practical, because they WEREN'T in there, and > creating default values would have been a pain. What I needed (and found) was the php.ini-dist > file, which was preloaded with defaults and comments. And once I put it in php.ini, PHP did respond > to the changed settings I put into it. > > So, if what you're saying is true, then I guess it reads both httpd.conf and php.ini? > > Thanks, > > Ken > kenzo@free-music.com > > >Cheers, > >Ben > > > >Ken wrote: > > > > > > I can't seem to locate the php.ini file on my system. > > > > > > Here's some pertinent info from phpinfo(): > > > > > > PHP Version 4.0.4pl1 > > > System Linux i686 unknown > > > Configure Command './configure' '--with-mysql' > > > '--with-apxs' '--enable-versioning' > > > Server API Apache > > > Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/local/lib > > > > > > find -name php.ini reveals no php.ini file. > > > > > > /usr/local/lib contains a php directory. The php directory seems to only contain PHP > > > 4.0 source code. > > > > > > There IS a php3.ini file on the system, from a previous install. Is there any chance > > > that this file is still being used? > > > > > > Where SHOULD this file be? And how do I find out for sure which one it is? Is it > > > possible that it doesn't exist? If not, does that mean I could create one in /usr/local/lib? > > > Where am I supposed to get a default version? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ken