Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/29/05 13:44

Jack Lindamood wrote:
> I moved php.ini to c:\windows and I called phpinfo:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> I goto C:\windows and move it back to c:\php. Reload phpinfo:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> Both clear my browser cache and try it with a different browser:
> Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
> I goto c:\windows:
> php.ini is not there anymore
> Do an F3 search:
> php.ini is only in c:\php
> My extension directory line from phpinfo:
> extension_dir C:\php5
> My extension directory line from php.ini:
> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext"
> I do a search inside the file php.ini for the string "php5":
> Cannot find "php5"
>
> I don't believe I've done heavy editing to this file at all. Just
> changed the error reporting level. Shouldn't php complain if the file
> is corrupt? How could it be finding a phantom php file?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Jack
>
>
> Sean wrote:
>
>> Since php is not a service it should really be reading in the .ini file
>> each time it is called.
>>
>> I would check the phpinfo file just to make sure that the location of
>> the ini file that is printed out there is the same one as the one I am
>> editing. (Called Configuration File Path).
>>
>> If it is then I would changed the location of the php.ini file. If it
>> was in the folder c:\php then move it to the windows system dir and see
>> if that makes a difference or visa versa.
>>
>> If the php.ini file has been edited heavily then download a new one and
>> see if that makes a difference. Just get it from the zip archive from
>> the latest release.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>

Did you restart your web server?

And please don't top post.

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