Re: note 8365 deleted from Apache module

From: Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:39:37 +0000
Subject: Re: note 8365 deleted from Apache module
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estelle@megaphone.ch writes: > The solution of the "php3_open_basedir" in a directory tag in > httpd.conf was great. I do not understand quite well why this is not > possible any more in php4 (open_basedir is not a configuration > option that Apache will recognize ...). Why change something that > could eventually help in security issues ? And even when some > contributors here have pointed out its importance. Now, we cannot > set this option different for each directory, it has to be set in > php.ini and the same for each user or virtual user :-( > > http://www.php.net/manual/security.apache.php > The manual errata system is not the place to post questions, bug reports, feature requests, or general unhappinesses. :) It is a place to post submissions for additional text to be included into the manual. Please make sure to read the instructions at http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php before adding another note. As to your question, I just posted the answer a few seconds ago, but here it is again in the interest of clarity: > No...:) It means that there is no longer one directive *per > option*. Each directive, however, takes an option and its value as > arguments. > > For instance, what would have been 'php3_include_path /some/path' in > PHP 3 becomes, in PHP 4, 'php_admin_value include_path /some/path'. > > You can still do your thing; just the syntax has changed. Hope this helps, Torben -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+

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