[UPHPU] PHP 5 and local php.inis

[Brandon Stout]

Brandon Stout wrote:

> Velda,
>
> Go to your master php.ini file, and add something like this to the 
> include_path directive:
>
> /home/*/www/

I might have confused this.  the include_path directive will include 
scripts, but I'm not sure about ini files.  Probably not.  This is what 
I was thinking of before I confused myself... On a php 5 install, use 
this ./configure option:

--with-config-file-scan-dir=/home/*/www/

Reference: http://www.php.net/manual/en/configure.php

Where you already have it installed, or perhaps you don't want to use 
that parameter, there are other options:

  PHPIniDir directive in Apache 2
  php_ini parameter in NSAPI
  PHP_INI_PATH environment variable in THTTPD
  The PHPRC environment variable
  Some Windows registry settings

Finally, "Since PHP 5.1.0, it is possible to refer to existing .ini 
variables from within .ini files. Example: open_basedir = 
${open_basedir} ":/new/dir"."

Reference: http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php

Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org