php_flag not working in Apache+Windows configuration

[MagnuM]

Hello,

I just have a problem with .htaccess when trying to run:

php_flag register_globals off

I mention that PHP is installed in Windows as a CGI executable for Apache, and when I put the .htaccess file with register_globals directive in my home dir, it gives me an 500 Internal Error.

I wanna ask if it's necessary to run PHP as a module for Apache, to make this directive work with .htaccess?

Thanks.

[codeDV]

PHP needs to be an Apache module to allow configuration directives in .htaccess files. If you used the windows installer to install PHP then it would have made a CGI.

To install PHP as an Apache module follow the manual installation instuctions on the PHP site.

Alternativly you can use the ini_set() function to change certain php.ini direc tives.