On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Michael Southwell < michael.southw...@nyphp.com> wrote:
> David Mintz wrote: > >> I have been using Dreamhost because it's cheap and provides what I need >> and has a really weird and funny newsletter. >> > > with the emphasis on weird ;-) > > >> However, if you need a custom php.ini, the instructions are found at >> http://www.wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/PHP.ini with a great big >> disclamer to the effect that if it suddenly breaks, you're on your own. Sure >> enough, my little php app suddenly broke. Tore my hair out for a while, then >> finally worked around. >> > > I have had the exact same experience. When you say "worked around," do you > mean that you couldn't solve the problem? What happened to me was that they > changed something which meant that the default path to mail was no longer > good, so I couldn't send mail; but when I finally figured that out, I fixed > it by setting the path and the issue was over. > Within a particular subdir of the site, I wanted to auto_prepend a file containing authentication logic, set my include_path to point to my personal library, etc. I ended up sticking the path to my libs in $_SERVER via SetEnv in a .htaccess so it wouldn't have to be hard-coded but once. Then I manually edited the few files to require() my auth.php, rather than auto_prepend it. I would have cheerfully used "php_value foo bar" in my .htaccess for all my initialization needs, but that technique evidently doesn't work when php is in cgi mode. > > >> Is the ability to customize your php.ini asking too much of a low-end >> shared-hosting provider? >> > > uhh, but in fact they did provide that for you (and me), no? They just > don't provide any support for it. > > I am having a polite little argument about that with them. I said, in substance, OK, so what is the official way to set up one's own php.ini, and they said we'll get back to you. -- David Mintz http://davidmintz.org/ The subtle source is clear and bright The tributary streams flow through the darkness
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