php.ini

Hi, Pardon the cross-post with php-install, but this seems to be on the grey line between the two. I'm trying to install php in a non-standard directory format for the sake of trying to make an easy to install, modularized component that can simply be added to Apache for UNIX, much like the current (and only) binary install works for Win32. I've hacked up the Makefiles and configuration a bit to put everything into <apache server root>/php, but based on the hardcoded "prefix" used at configuration time, the php.ini file is looked for in /usr/local/lib. Since I'm trying to create a binary install in which the final install directory could be anywhere, I want to ignore that hardcoded php.ini PATH and take advantage of the "current working directory" as described at the top of php.ini, but the question is, where is the "current working directory" for the php module being loaded at apache startup time? So far, it's not apache/php or apache/libexec. Any clue? I'd rather not have to set PHPRC in the system /etc/profile in order to get this working. On Win32, I just put the php.ini in the apache/php directory where it finds it just fine. On this note, if anyone else has gone about creating a simple to install, modularized PHP binary install for UNIX systems (preferably non-RPM as I want to do this across multiple UNIX systems), please share your efforts! dave