PHP 4.2.1 CRISIS

[Anon]

Ok, this is the problem. I just set up my server (freebsd 4.6 stable) and installed apache 1.3.24.. then I went to php.net, and got PHP 4.2.1 and installed it on my server. I got everything working and apache to run with php in it and all, and I did as PHP.NET suggested to copy this line:

cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

which I did, and php.ini sits at that area (optomized by myself of course), but when I go to view web pages on the server that are PHP, the configuration settings I put aren't showing up, its showing the default PHP settings. Even if this file isn't there php will run those default settings... I did a systemwide search for other php.ini's and there is none. I am wondering how and what to do to fix this, because practically everything is disabled (and yes, i have root on the box).

please help, thanks.
-David

[Anon]

Did you restart the server after making your changes?

[Anon]

yeah, i restarted apache, and even the server, no luck

[Anon]

Try putting a php script in the web server root directory (like phpinfo.php) with the following code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

It will give you all kinds of info and one of them will be where it is looking for php.ini to be. If you don't have it there, all of the default values will be used.

It doesn't matter if you only have one php.ini on your system. It's location matters.