Re: Overriding php.ini at runtime

On Tuesday 15 January 2002 17:24, Daniel Grace wrote: > I'm using the PHP CGI (4.1.0) with Apache (1.3.22) (would rather use the > module, but have a setup that requires suEXEC and the like and I've hacked > a few things together to make things work and all that.) and have came up > with a bit of a dilemma. > > I need a way to override the php.ini file at page load time, preferably via > an .htaccess file. I know Apache supports the php_ini directive but this > only works for the Apache module and not the CGI. > > Is there an equivalent to the php_ini directive available for the CGI > version, perhaps in the form of an environment variable or whatnot? I seem > to remember a way of setting php_short_open_tags=on or somesuch but may be > wrong. (It also may be that suexec is filtering out all those nice > environment variables and thus making it not seem to work, but I'd rather > know for sure before I make more modifications to the file that the Apache > group says not to modify...) Some settings in php.ini can be changed at run-time using ini_set(). Check manual for details. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* Vax Vobiscum */