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[nycphp-talk] PHundamentals Topic #4: php.ini settings

felix zaslavskiy felix at students.poly.edu
Wed Nov 12 18:14:37 EST 2003


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:19:14 -0500
"Mark Armendariz" <nyphp at enobrev.com> wrote:

> Also, something I've noticed on my server, and I'm not sure if this is a
> normal thing, but the .htaccess file works for all subdirectories and the
> php.ini only works for the directory it's in.  I'm not sure if these are
> server specific settings or just the way it is.   Anyone?

Its normal operation. Everything in .htaccess applies to the directory the file is in and to all the directoried below.

> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Armendariz
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:17 PM
> To: 'NYPHP Talk'
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] PHundamentals Topic #4: php.ini settings
> 
> Sample local php.ini:
> ---------------------
> include_path		= .:/path/to/global/includes:/path/to/local/includes
> register_globals		= 0
> error_reporting		= 2047
> display_errors		= 1
> 
> 
> 
> Sample .htaccess
> ----------------
> php_value include_path .:/path/to/global/includes:/path/to/local/includes
> php_value register_globals 0
> php_value error_reporting 2047
> php_value display_errors 1
> 
> 
> ----
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Siegel
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:32 PM
> To: 'NYPHP Talk'
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] PHundamentals Topic #4: php.ini settings
> 
> Can you show a sample of what the .htaccess file would look like?
> 
> Jeff Siegel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
> On Behalf Of felix zaslavskiy
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:56 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] PHundamentals Topic #4: php.ini settings
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:29:48 -0500
> Michael Southwell <southwell at dneba.com> wrote:
> 
> > Settings in the php.ini file have an important effect on the 
> > operation, security and reliability of your application.
> > For example, setting register_globals to a value of "on" makes it
> easier to
> > pass variables from one script to another, but opens serious security 
> > vulnerabilities--so best practice is always to set it "off."
> > 
> 
> Alot of shared hosts set register_globals to off in their php.ini file.
> If one needs to run scrip with register_globals to on then a nice trick
> exists. In .htaccess file one  can set  'php_value register_globals 1'
> 
> Also I seen programs that dont like magic_quote_gpc to be set to 1 to its
> one can also set that value to 0 in .htaccess file.
> 
> > What settings do you consider essential?  How should they be set, and
> why?
> > 
> > In next month's PHundamentals, we'll discuss how to manage these
> settings 
> > most effectively.
> > 
> > ====================
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> > The PHundamentals Team
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