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How can I set a PHP_INI_PERDIR directive on a per directory basis?

Asked by: digitalibiz

We need to allow register_globals for a few domains. the register_globals is a PHP_INI_PERDIR so it's not able to be set via Windows registry. What other options do we have?

We're running IIS on Windows 2003 with PHP 5.2

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2008-03-04 at 14:17:32ID23214255
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PHP_INI_PERDIR

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register_globals

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php.ini

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by: routinetPosted on 2008-03-04 at 15:19:17ID: 21046200

The meaning of those constants is shown here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list

Note the second entry:

Constant             Value      Meaning
PHP_INI_USER          1          Entry can be set in user scripts or in Windows registry
PHP_INI_PERDIR   2           Entry can be set in php.ini, .htaccess or httpd.conf
PHP_INI_SYSTEM   4          Entry can be set in php.ini or httpd.conf
PHP_INI_ALL         7           Entry can be set anywhere

You can set the item through the use of an .htaccess file.  

 

by: digitalibizPosted on 2008-03-04 at 16:00:29ID: 21046531

How can you use a .htaccess file on a Windows server running IIS?

 

by: routinetPosted on 2008-03-04 at 16:18:26ID: 21046627

LOL!  Good point.  I had assumed Apache after not reading the whole question.  :/  There may be an equivalent model in IIS, but I'm afraid you'll have to wait for some other experts to chime in.

 

by: mespinozaePosted on 2008-03-04 at 16:55:53ID: 21046818

im not an expert but I do think an htaccess is for apache only... IIS might have a workaround but an htaccess I dont think its the way...

Try looking in the registry for something like this:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\PHP\Per Directory Values\C\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com]

And see if you have a value like:
"register_globals"="on"

 

by: digitalibizPosted on 2008-03-04 at 18:01:33ID: 21047144

This is what I have already. It shows up as correct in phpinfo.php but doesn't actually execute that way.

I have
string: register_globals
value: on

 

by: routinetPosted on 2008-03-04 at 18:25:02ID: 21047229

Did you check variables_order?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.variables-order

The default is "EGPCS".

 

by: digitalibizPosted on 2008-03-05 at 03:56:23ID: 21049531

Should I switch the order? Sorry, I'm not a good PHP person.

 

by: digitalibizPosted on 2008-03-05 at 04:46:19ID: 21049750

I ended up trying to use a separate php.ini file which means I had to switch from FastCGI mode to the php-cgi.exe mode. Now, once I did this the page stop rendering correctly. I'm getting function.include links on the page where content used to display.

Any ideas?

 

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