multiple php.ini files

[Bob]

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.

[Dave Patton]

Re: multiple php.ini files

"Bob" <fake@dontbothe r.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.[/color]

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

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[Franck Nijhof - BlueSolid Software]

Re: multiple php.ini files

Bob wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.
>
>[/color]


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

[Chung Leong]

Re: multiple php.ini files

"Bob" <fake@dontbothe r.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[/color]
need[color=blue]
> to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that[/color]
directory,[color=blue]
> that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.
>
> Thanks.
>[/color]

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_global s is a PHP_INI_PERDIR option.

[Bob]

Solution: multiple php.ini files


"Bob" <fake@dontbothe r.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[/color]
need[color=blue]
> to.
>
> I am looking for a way of having a separate php.ini file for that[/color]
directory,[color=blue]
> that has globals on and run with globals off for the rest of my server.
>
> Thanks.
>
>[/color]

The solution to this problem was

set register_global s = Off in the php.ini file

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

php_flag register_global s On

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