Re: getenv()

In article <00bf01bfea1d$126010a0$4ac8fea9@scu.edu.au>, iteo@scu.edu.au ("Ignatius Teo") wrote: > phpinfo() returns 2 tables of environment variables - one simply says > environment variables, and the other says Apache environment. Both tables > appear to have the CGI Specification variables set, but some of these values > are set differently. > > I have an application that looks at the $REMOTE_USER environment variable to > determine who is logged on, so we can display user specific information. > Yes, this is not ideal, but we are unfortunately, using Kerberos to > authenticate people into our intranet. > > Can anyone tell me, from which set of environment variables does getenv take > it's values from? And why it is set differently? Wild Guess: Apache Environment variables where set when Apache was started: The others are "current"... If correct, GetEnv gets them from "current", not Apache. -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)