php ignores cmdline parameters

lubo999x

Hi!

I have 2 php applications on my server (NT 4.0, IIS 4.0, PhP 4.0.6). Each one needs different configuration.
(Different setting of register_globals. I know I can solve it programaticaly, changing app so that it will not require register_globlas, but I want do it by changing configuration of php.)
I want to configure php in each virtual directory (server/app1; server/app2) to use different settings. I found out that -c parameter specifies from which dir php will load php.ini file.
BUT, I tried -c parameter from command line & from IIS and both didn't work. Parameter was simply IGNORED!
(I tried:
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php e:\appdir\index.php
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php\ e:\appdir\index.php
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php\php.ini e:\appdir\index.php
)

Then I use parameter -d to specify at least that one different parameter. It worked form command line, but not form IIS!
In IIS when you open properties of virtual directory, and then edit in right bottom side you see configuration of running PhP script engine through CGI. There should be "c:\php\php.exe %s %s" for extension ".php".
(I tried:
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php %s %s
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php\php.ini %s %s
c:\php\php.exe -c c:\php\php.ini
c:\php\php.exe -d register_globals=off %s %s
c:\php\php.exe -d register_globals=off
... and others
)

With NO RESULT! Everything is IGNORED!
Then I tried even "c:\php\php.exe fsfkjsd fsdfksjf asfsfkas fasdkfasdf fdsfj". No result => no error message, no change!

Can anyone help me with this?
Thanx in advance.

goa103

Hello,

Let me point this url to you:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/15590

The solution has a name: Apache.
JM. Molina

tsinka

Hi,

AFAIK the php releases since 4.3.0 also support to change administrative ini settings through adding keys to the registry manually:

1) open regedit
2) open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
3) create a key PHP if it doesn't exist
4) create a key "Per Directory Values"
5) create a key for the drive in which DocumentRoot is without :\, e.g. C or D
6) create a key for each directory until DocumentRoot
7) create a new string value in the last key, like register_globals and assign it a value of "On" or "Off".

The complete key could look like this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\Per Directory Values\C\Inetpub\Host1 -> register_globals="On"

Then restart IIS.

Don't know if this is still interesting for you since you posted in February. Didn't test if that all works but it might work since php-4.3.0 🙂

goa103

Hi,

Where did you find the information ? It's very interesting.
However PHP 4.3.0+ is kind of buggy under Windows so I still use PHP 4.2+

Thanks,
JM

tsinka

Hi,

the information that it might work since php-4.3.0 can be found in the changelog:

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php

In the php 4.0 release candidate section there is a brief description of how to create the keys and all the stuff.

A more detailed howto can be found under:

http://www.dclp-faq.de/q/q-php-ini.html (german)

You want to know where I found that information ? I sometimes google 😃

goa103

Hi tsinka,

Nice trick! But I wonder if there's any official tool to handle php.ini paths. You can laugh but I had to build a new PHP release in order to handle more that one php.ini file! It actually works but now a better solution would be to develop a php.ini paths manager. Don't you think ?

I read the whole manual and there's nothing about it. Moreover modifying the Base Registry is not a portable solution and PHP is supposed to be cross platform so... IMHO they should do it in a cross platform way.

J googles when M elgoogs ~ www.gOogle.de ~