note 43171 added to configuration.changes

On this page it's not explicit, but it looks like (and my brief experience confirms that) you can't change configuration values identified as PHP_INI_PERDIR) in .htaccess if PHP is run as a CGI and not as an apache module. A real world example can be found if you have a shared hosting based on Ensim with "high security" settings. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+43171 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+43171&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+43171&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php