Alternate location for php.ini

Is there a way to set php.ini to the alternate location?

I'm trying to use 2 version of PHP(php4 and php5), but php.ini is in the
way. Anyone knows how to circumvent this issues? Perhaps there is an env
variable we can set.

Thanks

Artco News <artconews@verizon.net> wrote:

> Is there a way to set php.ini to the alternate location?
>
> I'm trying to use 2 version of PHP(php4 and php5), but php.ini is in the
> way. Anyone knows how to circumvent this issues? Perhaps there is an env
> variable we can set.

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php

Second paragraph.

JOn

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Are you using in CGI mode or SAPI mode? I'm using the SAPI mode. So, when I
run the phpinfo() it still look at my C:\WINDOWS directory.

I did the above definition and stop/start the apache2 and still no go. Any
idea where should you look. Thanks a bunch.

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:09:57 GMT, "Artco News" <artconews@verizon.net>
wrote:
>
>
> >I did set the PHPRC(c:\php\config) env var as well as
> >PHP_INI(c:\php\config\php4.ini) env var but still no go.
>
> PHPRC certainly works, I'm using it right now.
>
> FWIW I used / instead of \, i.e. d:/php
>
> Also make sure that your web server actually gets PHPRC in its
environment; it
> may be different from yours, particularly if it's running as LocalSystem
> instead of a named user.
>
> --
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:58:45 GMT, "Artco News" <artconews@verizon.net> wrote:

>Are you using in CGI mode or SAPI mode? I'm using the SAPI mode. So, when I
>run the phpinfo() it still look at my C:\WINDOWS directory.
>
>I did the above definition and stop/start the apache2 and still no go. Any
>idea where should you look. Thanks a bunch.

As a module under Apache2.

The Apache service will run as a child of SERVICES.EXE; unless you restart
that it's not going to see the new environment. Rebooting is a fairly sure way
of getting it to restart. ;-)

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I follow your lead and still no go.

First I remove/rename c:\windows\php.ini
Then I created a directory: c:\apps\php\config\php.ini
Then I set envar phprc=c:\apps\php\config(then c:/apps/php/config). And no
luck as well.

I also rebooted my machine. Any ideas. Oh, BTW, I'm running php-4.3.4RC1
"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:58:45 GMT, "Artco News" <artconews@verizon.net>
wrote:
>
> >Are you using in CGI mode or SAPI mode? I'm using the SAPI mode. So,
when I
> >run the phpinfo() it still look at my C:\WINDOWS directory.
> >
> >I did the above definition and stop/start the apache2 and still no go.
Any
> >idea where should you look. Thanks a bunch.
>
> As a module under Apache2.
>
> The Apache service will run as a child of SERVICES.EXE; unless you
restart
> that it's not going to see the new environment. Rebooting is a fairly sure
way
> of getting it to restart. ;-)
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)

On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:14:14 GMT, "Artco News" <artconews@verizon.net> wrote:

>I follow your lead and still no go.
>
>First I remove/rename c:\windows\php.ini
>Then I created a directory: c:\apps\php\config\php.ini
>Then I set envar phprc=c:\apps\php\config(then c:/apps/php/config). And no
>luck as well.

It's PHPRC, not phprc.

Is the server picking it up in the environment? Echo out $_ENV['PHPRC'] in a
script.

If not - where did you set it?

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Thanks, that did it. When in doubt, REBOOT!
Thanks a bunch.

By the way, I was trying to install the latest snaps of PHP5 beta2. I had no
such luck. Perhaps you can give me some pointers. I did exactly what the
install.txt said but still got the following error:

The Apache service named reported the following error:

>>> Cannot load X:/Apps/php/php5/php4apache2.dll into server: The specified
module could not be found. .

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.



"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:14:14 GMT, "Artco News" <artconews@verizon.net>
wrote:
>
> >I follow your lead and still no go.
> >
> >First I remove/rename c:\windows\php.ini
> >Then I created a directory: c:\apps\php\config\php.ini
> >Then I set envar phprc=c:\apps\php\config(then c:/apps/php/config). And
no
> >luck as well.
>
> It's PHPRC, not phprc.
>
> Is the server picking it up in the environment? Echo out $_ENV['PHPRC']
in a
> script.
>
> If not - where did you set it?
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)