I worked round my problem by adding the contents of my additional ini files to the bottom of the std ini file - a typical redhat solution to a typical redhat problem (I only ever seem to have to go through this kind of crap on Redhat - Debian is much nicer to me). Jochem Maas wrote: > hi people, > > anyone know why my additional ini files are being ignored. > > I've just built php5.1.1 > the configure line is: > > './configure' '--with-interbase=shared,/opt/firebird' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--with-gd=shared' '--with-zlib-dir' > '--with-jpeg-dir' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d' '--with-mm=/usr' > > the dir [that php is configured to look in for additional ini files] exists: > > # ls -lart /etc/php.d/ > total 32 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 Aug 21 12:42 interbase.ini > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 Aug 21 12:42 gd.ini > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1130 Aug 21 12:42 apc.ini > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 12:45 . > drwxr-xr-x 91 root root 12288 Aug 21 13:20 .. > > YET, doing a 'php -i' shows that no files were read from that dir: > > <SNIP> > PHP Version => 5.1.1 > System => Linux testserver.dynabyte.nl 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 > Build Date => Aug 21 2006 13:43:09 > Configure Command => './configure' '--with-interbase=shared,/opt/firebird' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs' > '--with-gd=shared' '--with-zlib-dir' '--with-jpeg-dir' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d' '--with-mm=/usr' > Server API => Command Line Interface > Virtual Directory Support => disabled > Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc/php.ini > Scan this dir for additional .ini files => /etc/php.d > PHP API => 20041225 > </SNIP> > > the following line should be part of the snippet just above the last line (PHP API): > > additional .ini files parsed => /etc/php.d/apc.ini, /etc/php.d/gd.ini, /etc/php.d/interbase.ini > > > any takers? > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php