Posted by Jack Lindamood on 11/29/05 16:03

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> 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.
>

I can't reboot the server, but I did restart the World Wide Web
Publishing Service. Is that the correct way to restart the server? The
last post seemed to indicate the php.ini file was reprocessed each time
php is called. Is that correct?

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