Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-28 Thread kranthi
phpinfo() will help you to find the differences in the configuration... i do this every time i move to a new host(before uploading any other files to the server, of course i delete it afterward) and change my pages accordingly. most of the configuration settings in php.ini can be overridden by

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-27 Thread b
hessi...@hessiess.com wrote: Something that seriously annoys me about PHP is the fact that it has a configuration file which can *completely* change the behaviour of the language. Perhaps you're not at all clear on the purpose of a configuration file. I am seriously considering moving to a

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-27 Thread Michael A. Peters
b wrote: b) setting up your own server so you can ~shudder~ *configure* it however you like. linode offers xen virtual machines at a very affordable rate that give you complete control. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-26 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 18:30 +0100, hessi...@hessiess.com wrote: Something that seriously annoys me about PHP is the fact that it has a configuration file which can *completely* change the behaviour of the language. Take the following for example: --

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-26 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 13:30, hessi...@hessiess.com wrote: Something that seriously annoys me about PHP is the fact that it has a configuration file which can *completely* change the behaviour of the language. We are very, very sorry that we've created an extensible language that pleases

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-26 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com wrote: [snip] Such settings are usually made available to people who know what they're doing and who need specific functionality. Cheers, Rob. Not *quite* right. The problem is that such settings are made available to

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-26 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 14:10 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com wrote: [snip] Such settings are usually made available to people who know what they're doing and who need specific functionality. Cheers, Rob. Not *quite*

Re: [PHP] Why does PHP have such a pain in the a$$ configuration file?

2009-05-26 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 14:10 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com wrote: [snip] Such settings are usually made available to people who know what they're