My understanding is the location PHP looks for the php.ini is dependant on the OS and what %SYSTEMROOT% is set to. This is what I have gleemed from my reading on this, as I had the same issue. walter "Russell Griechen" <russgri@bellsouth.net> wrote in message 00f101c343e4$c755cf80$19611442@oemcomputer">news:00f101c343e4$c755cf80$19611442@oemcomputer... > > i found that even i have not the php.ini in my SYSTEMROOT, php can still > > > run ... why? > > > > > Sometimes they place it in C:\winnt\php.ini > > search for php.ini and it will show if there is a file and where it is. > > Russell Griechen -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php