At 9:01 PM -0400 5/19/06, John Hicks wrote:
tedd wrote:
Hi gang:

Please excuse me for asking another dumb-ass question, but here goes.

I'm finding that setting safe_mode to ON is more difficult than I first thought.

In my phpinfo, safe_mode is set to OFF

-snip-

You would think the fine manual would explain this here:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php

Table 42-1. Security and Safe Mode Configuration Directives
Name: safe_mode
Default: "0"
Changeable: PHP_INI_SYSTEM

but you have to look here
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ini.php
to find just what PHP_INI_SYSTEM means:

Table G-2. Definition of PHP_INI_* constants
Constant: PHP_INI_SYSTEM
Value: 4
Meaning: Entry can be set in php.ini or httpd.conf

i.e. *not* in .htaccess or by ini_set()

[ Boy, do I dread posting this. ]

Okay, safe_mode cannot be set by .htaccess or by ini_set(). It can only be set by the php.ini file -- I get it -- thanks.

So, now I'm trying to get my own php.ini file to work.

I reviewed several links, but the easiest I found to understand was:

http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/php-ini.html

I didn't see any references that disagreed.

So, as I understand it, one procedure to get a custom php.ini file to work is:

1. Get a php.ini templet.
2. Alter as you like.
3. Place it in your working directory.

I did that, and the results can be viewed at:

http://xn--ovg.com/aaa

However, regardless of what my php.ini file states, the directives I changed remain unchanged.

What other obvious thing am I not seeing?

Thanks.

tedd

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