PHP4 not reading php.ini

[Anon]

Greetings from South Africa!

PHP4 is not reading the php.ini file.
I have even configured php --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/lib (the default), and it still isn't read.

I know this because I have changed the default session name from PHPSESSID to SID and I still see PHPSESSID displayed in the URL.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

ps. Does PHP have any functions to connect to a remote SMTP server, or do I need to use sockets? (If I understand correctly mail() only works if the SMTP server is running on the same machine as the web-server)

Thanks in advance!

[Anon]

hi gerhard,
try to locate the php.ini file in your linux-system e.g. with:
find / -name php.ini

then make a symbolic link to this php.ini -file:

cd /usr/local/lib
ln -s /path/to/php.ini ./

it's "quick and dirty" but perhaps it works
hope this helps !

greetings from germany
Olaf