Here's what I have specified in the relevant sections of php.ini:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
include_path = ".:/php/includes:/php/pear"
;
; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes"
; The root of the PHP pages, used only if nonempty.
doc_root =
; The directory under which PHP opens the script using /~usernamem used only
; if nonempty.
user_dir =
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = ./
; Whether or not to enable the dl() function. The dl() function does NOT work
; properly in multithreaded servers, such as IIS or Zeus, and is automatically
; disabled on them.
enable_dl = On
[MySQL]
; Allow or prevent persistent links.
mysql.allow_persistent = On
; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit.
mysql.max_persistent = -1
; Maximum number of links (persistent + non-persistent). -1 means no limit.
mysql.max_links = -1
; Default port number for mysql_connect(). If unset, mysql_connect() will use
; the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT or the mysql-tcp entry in /etc/services or the
; compile-time value defined MYSQL_PORT (in that order). Win32 will only look
' at MYSQL_PORT.
mysql.default_port = 1157
; Default socket name for local MySQL connects. If empty, uses the built-in
; MySQL defaults.
mysql.default_socket =
; Default host for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
mysql.default_host =
; Default user for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
mysql.default_user =
; Default password for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode).
; Note that this is generally a bad idea to store passwords in this file.
; Any user with PHP access can run 'echo cfg_get_var("mysql.default_password")
; and reveal this password! And of course, any users with read access to this
; file will be able to reveal the password as well.
mysql.default_password =
