Changing PHP Directives via Apache or .htaccess

[Anon]

Changing PHP Directives via Apache:

Specifically, I'm trying to find out if you can use Apache config or .htaccess to alter the upload_tmp_dir directive.

In php3, you could change all of the php directives that were part of the php3.ini file via Apache config or htaccess, or so the manual says.

The manual also says that there are fewer directives that you can change via apache as of php4.

I have the same problem as many do, we're using php but the host won't give us access to the ini file.

Running Apache, Unix, php4

Thanks for any enlightenment!
matt.

[Anon]

in .htaccess use the following:

php_value variable value

for instance

php_value max_execution_time 180

[Anon]

Many thanks,

I'm a newbie with this apache stuff so I've got a newbie kind of question for you.

Where is the file that I should add the php_value line to?

Is it: access.conf ?

Or do I have to create an htaccess file in a directory or something?

If you could help me out with some specifics it would really be appreciated.

Thanks again,
matt