mfischer Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/chapters config.xml
/phpdoc/en/faq installation.xml
Log:
- Document the PHPRC variable and some other php.ini related additionas, closes
#13777.
Index: phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.55 phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.56
--- phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml:1.55 Mon May 27 12:52:49 2002
+++ phpdoc/en/chapters/config.xml Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.55 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.56 $ -->
<chapter id="configuration">
<title>Configuration</title>
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@
PHP 3.0, and simply &php.ini; as of PHP 4.0)
is read when PHP starts up. For the server module versions of PHP,
this happens only once when the web server is started. For the
- <acronym>CGI</acronym> version, it happens on every invocation.</simpara>
+ <acronym>CGI</acronym> and <acronym>CLI</acronym> version, it happens on
+ every invocation.
+ </simpara>
+ <para>
+ The default location of &php.ini; is a compile time option (see the <link
+ linkend="faq.installation.phpini">FAQ</link> entry), but can be changed
+ for the <acronym>CGI</acronym> and <acronym>CLI</acronym> version with the
+ <literal>-c</literal> command line switch, see the chapter about using
+ <literal>PHP</literal> from the <link
+ linkend="features.commandline">command line</link>. You can also use the
+ environment variable <literal>PHPRC</literal> for an additionaly path to
+ search for &php.ini;.
+ </para>
<para>
<example>
<title>&php.ini; example</title>
Index: phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.16 phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.17
--- phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.16 Thu Mar 28 11:27:39 2002
+++ phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml Mon Jun 10 06:22:39 2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
<chapter id="faq.installation">
<title>Installation</title>
<titleabbrev>Installation</titleabbrev>
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- By default on UNIX it should be in <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>.
+ By default on UNIX it should be in <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>
+ which is <filename><install-path>/lib</filename>.
Most people will want to change this at compile-time with the
<link
linkend="install.configure.with-config-file-path">--with-config-file-path</link>
flag. You would, for example, set it with something like:
@@ -41,7 +42,15 @@
</para>
<para>
On Windows the default path for the &php.ini; file is the Windows
- directory.
+ directory. If you're using the Apache webserver, &php.ini; is first
+ searched in the Apaches install directory, e.g. <filename>c:\program
+ files\apache group\apache</filename>. This way you can have
+ different &php.ini; files for different versions of Apache on the same
+ machine.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See also the chapter about the <link
+ linkend="configuration.file">configuration file</link>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
