multiple php.ini files

I have some old legacy php scripts that need to run with register globals
on.

I would prefer not to run with register globals turned on where I don't need
to.

I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that directory,
that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.

Thanks.

"Bob" <fake@dontbother.com> wrote in
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>
> I have some old legacy php scripts that need to run with register
> globals on.
>
> I would prefer not to run with register globals turned on where I
> don't need to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that
> directory, that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest
> of my server.

If using Apache, use one php.ini file, and then use a .htaccess
file in that directory to set register_globals.

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Bob wrote:
> I have some old legacy php scripts that need to run with register globals
> on.
>
> I would prefer not to run with register globals turned on where I don't need
> to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that directory,
> that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.
>
> Thanks.
>
>


You could install suPHP (suphp.org).
It offers the possibility to assign an
different php.ini to each virtualhost.


Kind regards,

Franck Nijhof
BlueSolid Software

"Bob" <fake@dontbother.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have some old legacy php scripts that need to run with register globals
> on.
>
> I would prefer not to run with register globals turned on where I don't
need
> to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that
directory,
> that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.
>
> Thanks.
>

Not something I've done before, but in Apache, I think you can override a
PHP option on a per-directory basis using the php_value directive. According
to the manual, register_globals is a PHP_INI_PERDIR option.

"Bob" <fake@dontbother.com> wrote in message
news:4209939c$0$29787$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
>
> I have some old legacy php scripts that need to run with register globals
> on.
>
> I would prefer not to run with register globals turned on where I don't
need
> to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that
directory,
> that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

The solution to this problem was

set register_globals = Off in the php.ini file

in the directory that had the old PHP code, that required register_globals
to be enabled, I put a .htaccess file with

php_flag register_globals On

I additionally had to make sure that the httpd.conf Directory directive was
allowed to have overrides from the .htaccess file