Changes to php.ini not being read through

[Jack Lindamood]

PHP 5.1, Windows Server 2003, IIS 6, isapi

I changed a line in the php.ini file to
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
but when I load my phpinfo page it shows
extension_dir C:\php5

It's like my change didn't take effect.

I restarted the world wide web publishing service, but still the same
thing. What do I do to make the change take effect? I cannot simply
reboot the server. It is remote and hangs on restart, so I have to do
this without a reboot.

Thanks,

Jack

[Sean]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

Do a search on the machine for php.ini, there might be more than one
..ini file if you had php installed before.

There might be an ini file in the windows system dir and c:\php.

[Jack Lindamood]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

Sean wrote:[color=blue]
> Do a search on the machine for php.ini, there might be more than one
> .ini file if you had php installed before.
>
> There might be an ini file in the windows system dir and c:\php.
>[/color]


Nope. It's the only one on my machine. I was able to change the error
level with no problem a while back, but can't seem to get this to stick.

[Sean]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
each time it is called.

I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
editing. (Called Configuration File Path).

If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
if that makes a difference or visa versa.

If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
the latest release.

Hope that helps.

[Jack Lindamood]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

I moved php.ini to c:\windows and I called phpinfo:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
I goto C:\windows and move it back to c:\php. Reload phpinfo:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
Both clear my browser cache and try it with a different browser:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
I goto c:\windows:
php.ini is not there anymore
Do an F3 search:
php.ini is only in c:\php
My extension directory line from phpinfo:
extension_dir C:\php5
My extension directory line from php.ini:
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
I do a search inside the file php.ini for the string "php5":
Cannot find "php5"

I don't believe I've done heavy editing to this file at all. Just
changed the error reporting level. Shouldn't php complain if the file
is corrupt? How could it be finding a phantom php file?

Thanks for the help,

Jack


Sean wrote:[color=blue]
> Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
> each time it is called.
>
> I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
> the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
> editing. (Called Configuration File Path).
>
> If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
> was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
> if that makes a difference or visa versa.
>
> If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
> see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
> the latest release.
>
> Hope that helps.
>[/color]

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

Jack Lindamood wrote:[color=blue]
> I moved php.ini to c:\windows and I called phpinfo:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> I goto C:\windows and move it back to c:\php. Reload phpinfo:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> Both clear my browser cache and try it with a different browser:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> I goto c:\windows:
> php.ini is not there anymore
> Do an F3 search:
> php.ini is only in c:\php
> My extension directory line from phpinfo:
> extension_dir C:\php5
> My extension directory line from php.ini:
> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
> I do a search inside the file php.ini for the string "php5":
> Cannot find "php5"
>
> I don't believe I've done heavy editing to this file at all. Just
> changed the error reporting level. Shouldn't php complain if the file
> is corrupt? How could it be finding a phantom php file?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Jack
>
>
> Sean wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
>> each time it is called.
>>
>> I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
>> the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
>> editing. (Called Configuration File Path).
>>
>> If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
>> was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
>> if that makes a difference or visa versa.
>>
>> If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
>> see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
>> the latest release.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>[/color][/color]

Did you restart your web server?

And please don't top post.

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[Jack Lindamood]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through


Jerry Stuckle wrote:[color=blue]
> Jack Lindamood wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I moved php.ini to c:\windows and I called phpinfo:
>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>> I goto C:\windows and move it back to c:\php. Reload phpinfo:
>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>> Both clear my browser cache and try it with a different browser:
>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>> I goto c:\windows:
>> php.ini is not there anymore
>> Do an F3 search:
>> php.ini is only in c:\php
>> My extension directory line from phpinfo:
>> extension_dir C:\php5
>> My extension directory line from php.ini:
>> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
>> I do a search inside the file php.ini for the string "php5":
>> Cannot find "php5"
>>
>> I don't believe I've done heavy editing to this file at all. Just
>> changed the error reporting level. Shouldn't php complain if the file
>> is corrupt? How could it be finding a phantom php file?
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> Sean wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
>>> each time it is called.
>>>
>>> I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
>>> the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
>>> editing. (Called Configuration File Path).
>>>
>>> If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
>>> was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
>>> if that makes a difference or visa versa.
>>>
>>> If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
>>> see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
>>> the latest release.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>[/color][/color]
>
> Did you restart your web server?
>
> And please don't top post.
>[/color]

I can't reboot the server, but I did restart the World Wide Web
Publishing Service. Is that the correct way to restart the server? The
last post seemed to indicate the php.ini file was reprocessed each time
php is called. Is that correct?

[Jack Lindamood]

Re: Changes to php.ini not being read through

Jack Lindamood wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Jack Lindamood wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I moved php.ini to c:\windows and I called phpinfo:
>>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>>> I goto C:\windows and move it back to c:\php. Reload phpinfo:
>>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>>> Both clear my browser cache and try it with a different browser:
>>> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
>>> I goto c:\windows:
>>> php.ini is not there anymore
>>> Do an F3 search:
>>> php.ini is only in c:\php
>>> My extension directory line from phpinfo:
>>> extension_dir C:\php5
>>> My extension directory line from php.ini:
>>> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
>>> I do a search inside the file php.ini for the string "php5":
>>> Cannot find "php5"
>>>
>>> I don't believe I've done heavy editing to this file at all. Just
>>> changed the error reporting level. Shouldn't php complain if the
>>> file is corrupt? How could it be finding a phantom php file?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
>>>> each time it is called.
>>>>
>>>> I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
>>>> the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
>>>> editing. (Called Configuration File Path).
>>>>
>>>> If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
>>>> was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
>>>> if that makes a difference or visa versa.
>>>>
>>>> If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
>>>> see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
>>>> the latest release.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>[/color]
>>
>> Did you restart your web server?
>>
>> And please don't top post.
>>[/color]
>
> I can't reboot the server, but I did restart the World Wide Web
> Publishing Service. Is that the correct way to restart the server? The
> last post seemed to indicate the php.ini file was reprocessed each time
> php is called. Is that correct?[/color]

I seem to have solved the problem. My permissions were never set right
for the registry key that php uses to find the PHP.ini file. I changed
those permissions and it worked. Thanks for everyone's help.

Jack