ok its a redhat server (7.3)

i have the php.ini config file in the folder :

/usr/local/php4/config/php.ini

im installing php in the folder

/usr/local/php4/

now, i run this configure command :

./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php4/config/php.ini --with-mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --prefix=/usr/local/php4/

now, when php installs, it completly ignores what i have set in my config file (php.ini)

now when i run this :

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

it gives the correct location to the php.ini file (which was there during compile)

but it doesn't do what its told, and ignores what i have set in the config file.

for example, max upload is default set to 2MB, if i set it to 10MB in the config file and compile php with the above ./configure it still sets it to 2MB

in the config file there is no ; before what i set so it shouldn't be ignored.

can anyone share some light on this

i really need to have php use my settings not the default.

Thanx

see if it use the /etc/php.ini

and try to restart apache if sooo

look : http://www.thedigitaldream.co.uk/server_info.php

is using that php.ini file, it says.

i stopped apache, installed php, and started apache, so thats not the problem

it has read permissions to the file

and the location is 100% correct

So what you saying is that you can edit
/usr/local/php4/config/php.ini
then restart apache, and changes you made do not show uo in http://www.thedigitaldream.co.uk/server_info.php
??

Oddness. Try changing some other vars in php.ini and see if those changes show up.

yep thats exactly what i mean

have tried editing loads of things, and no luck :(

proof that the location of the file is correct :

[root@srv1 root]# cd /usr/local/php4/config
[root@srv1 config]# dir
php.ini
[root@srv1 config]#

could this be a possible bug with php??? or am i doing something wrong here.

i have restarted apache endlessly and nothing

have you tried editing the /etc/php.ini file to see if it's still picking that up for some reason? May be finding that in the path first

nope, there ain't even a php.ini file there

i placed one there though, with my settings

restarted apache, and again, nothing

Hmm, his phpinfo is saying: /usr/local/php4/config/php.ini for config file, which is what he wants.

Just for fun, move that php.ini away, and replace it with one that came with php, I think it is php.ini.dist or simmilar. Then try editing only one line in that new php.ini (max upload size), and see if anything is different.

find / | grep php.ini

ok this is what i have just tried

completly removing php

now reinstalling it back to the same place it was before, but this time, telling it to use the config file placed in /usr/local/lib/php.ini

the config file in there i made like this

cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

i edited that value, and changed the max upload from 2 to 8

restarted apache

and again, nothing.

so now the new location of php is in /usr/local/php4/ and the config file is in /usr/local/lib/php.ini

the new install of php looks for /usr/local/lib/php.ini

but still ignores anything i type in there

what could be causing this.

the browser isn't caching the php_info page is it :blush:

try [ctrl] + F5 to force a reload...

1. php doesn't like you.
or
2. http://www.thedigitaldream.co.uk/server_info.php is not on the same server as the php you are installing
3. you close php.ini after editing, instead save + close
4. the most probable one. I have no clue.

i am actually working from the server

it isn't cached as if i recompile it to a new location, it says the new location on the server_info.php page

the file is saved

as if i open it i see the changes

i have one server, so im deffiently working with the right one

so i think php just doesn't like me

what could be doing this :/

When you say you removed php completely, does that mean removing the src and re-untarring it? I had this problem, and after searching around, I found that if I just untarred it to a new directory (that's never been ./configure'd before) it works fine.. Note, that make clean doesn't seem to fix this.. It might not work for you, but it did for me.

hi thanx, will try putting it on folder /php instead of /php4

ok tried installing to new directory and still does the same.

could this be a bug with redhat 7.3 and php 4.2.3???

or is it workling for other people???

this driving me crazy as i really really need to change the setup for php

does anyone have a clue what this could be?

One other thing I noticed.. You said at first that your configure had this:

--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php4/config/php.ini

It's looking for a directory, not a file.. So try it like this:
--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php4/config

[edit]or try creating a 'php.ini' directory and put the file in there. :)

i recompiled php with the --with-config-file-path pointing to a directory not a file

IT WORKED!

i just have to tell you how much a love you right now!!!!!!

Thanx everyone for the help

Thanx so much :)

Matt