> On 02/07/07, James White <jbwhite2@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am trying to install Oracle XE to run PHP scripts. I have read that it >> is preferable to set ORACLE_HOME before starting Apache instead of using >> putenv() in the PHP script. I have tried the recommended script. >> >> ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server >> export ORACLE_HOME >> echo "Oracle Home: $ORACLE_HOME" >> echo Starting Apache >> /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start > > You may find the PassEnv directive useful. > > "Specifies one or more environment variables to pass to CGI scripts > and SSI pages from the environment of the shell which invoked the > httpd process." > > Alternatively you could look at the envvars script which is invoked by > apachectl in modern versions of apache, however the path you mentioned > implies you're running 1.3 so don't have that. > -- > noodl Thanks. I decided to use SetEnv SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx