From: peter dot ordal at rochester dot edu
Operating system: Windows Server 2003
PHP version: 5.0.4
PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem
Bug description: Registry key use needs more information
Description:
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I read in install.txt that I could put a path for my php.ini file in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath. This applies to PHP 5 only as
I understand it.
I tried that, but PHP 5 kept accessing the php.ini in c:\winodws. It took
me a while to figure out, and I had to download Filemon
(www.systeminternals.com) to figure it out. It turns out that, under IIS 6
at least, whatever you put in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath
is actually appended to the web server executable root directory, and does
not stand on its own (as the documentation implies). In my case, IIS looked
for the ini file at C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\"C:\Program
Files/php-5.0.4-Win32"\php.ini which is not valid.
I reconfigured the variable to be ../../../Program Files/php-5.0.4-Win32,
and things worked. Note the exclusion of quotes is important.
Reproduce code:
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Here is the context from install.txt;
Copy your chosen
ini-file to a directory that PHP is able to find and rename it to
php.ini. PHP searches for php.ini in the following locations (in
order):
* PHPIniDir directive (Apache 2 module only)
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath
* The PHPRC environment variable
* Directory of PHP (for CLI), or the web server's directory (for
SAPI modules)
* Windows directory (C:\windows or C:\winnt)
Expected result:
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For IIS to read C:\Program Files/php-5.0.4-Win32 for my php.ini when
"C:\Program Files/php-5.0.4-Win32" is in the registry.
Actual result:
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IIS read the invalid path C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\"C:\Program
Files/php-5.0.4-Win32"\php.ini instead.
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Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32576&r=mysqlcfg
