php.ini ignored except when apache is in single-process mode

adm2219

I'm running FreeBSD 4.4, apache 1.3.26 and PHP 4.3.1. My php.ini file
is totally ignored when apache is running in normal (multi-process)
mode. It is read just fine, however, when I run apache in
single-process mode (with the -X option).
Anyone who can help, please do.

'./configure' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache/conf/'
'--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--disable-debug'
'--enable-xml' '--enable-wddx' '--with-mysql'
'--with-jpeg-dir=shared,/usr/local/jpeg' '--with-png-dir=shared,/usr'
'--with-ttf=shared,/usr/local/freetype'
'--with-pdf=shared,/usr/local/pdflib' '--enable-bcmath=shared'
'--enable-calendar=shared' '--enable-dba=shared' '--with-zlib'
'--with-openssl=shared,/usr' '--enable-ftp=shared'
'--enable-exif=shared' '--with-gd' '--with-curl'

tsinka

Hi,

check the access rights of the php.ini file. It must be readable for the apache user.

It might be that the apache server runs as root in single mode so it will be able to read the ini file. In normal mode the processes will run as e.g. wwwrun or nobody so you might need to set the php.ini as world readable.

adm2219

Thanks for your help, however the permissions are already set at 777 and the file is located in the correct place. Any other ideas?

tsinka

Hi,

can you post your httpd.conf/php.ini and output of a phpinfo() call ? I think it should be something rather simple. Did you look at the error_log if there are any error messages ?

adm2219

See attached for the phpinfo() output, httpd.conf and php.ini files.

Thanks!

adm2219

When I checked the error_log, I see this when I restart apache:
[Mon Jun 2 20:14:04 2003] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Jun 2 20:14:09 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) PHP/4.3.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jun 2 20:14:09 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: flock (Default: flock)

Don't know if that helps.

tsinka

Hi,

try to put the AddModule directive after the LoadModule directive.

and put the LoadModule directive where it should be.

Example:

LoadModule foo_module libexec/mod_foo.so

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

If that doesn't help try to recompile php with

--with-config-file-path=/etc and put php.ini to that directory.

Normally the php.ini file itself should appear at the

Configuration File (php.ini) Path line on the phpinfo() output, e.g.

Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/local/apache/conf/php.ini

If it doesn't then apache wasn't able to load it. You might additionally try to change the apache user in httpd.conf from nobody to wwwrun or something like this.

adm2219

Certainly appreciate your help on this. I tried your suggestions, and I think that, in fact, PHP is not finding my php.ini file, because it is not appearing in the phpinfo() output. I've set the perms to 777, changed the owner to nobody, tried it in /etc, /usr/local/lib, but all to no avail.

Why can't php find it? I've tried it with the --with-config-file-path, and without, just putting the php.ini in its normal place. Is it possible that a syntax error in the php.ini would prevent it from being read? If so, is there another that I could download?

Thanks again

adm2219

Ok, now this is wild. I reconfigured with the following:
./configure --with-config-file-path=/ --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --disable-debug --enable-xml --enable-wddx --with-mysql --with-jpeg-dir=shared,/usr/local/jpeg --with-png-dir=shared,/usr --with-ttf=shared,/usr/local/freetype --with-pdf=shared,/usr/local/pdflib --enable-bcmath=shared --enable-calendar=shared --enable-dba=shared --with-zlib --with-openssl=shared,/usr --enable-ftp=shared --enable-exif=shared --with-gd --with-curl

and put php.ini in /

When I do this, it reads it. Why in the world is this the only place I can put my php.ini?

tsinka

Hi adm2219,

there are some examples in the source tree. Try to copy php.ini-dist to /etc and rename it to php.ini 🙂

Thomas

tsinka

Hi,

This is how apache starts up on my system:

[Mon May 19 02:23:10 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) PHP/4.3.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon May 19 02:23:10 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)

maybe a mutex/file locking problem ?

Try to compile php with the following switches:

--enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm

And download php-4.3.2. It has some important bug fixes 🙂