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Doc Bug #22001 /php.ini is read instead of configured /usr/local/etc/php.ini !!!
Submitted: 2003-02-01 15:50 UTC Modified: 2003-04-07 03:25 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: mdff at a1 dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: Solaris 8
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-02-01 15:50 UTC] mdff at a1 dot net 
hi,

i saved a version of php.ini as "/php.ini", which should only be a copy before i changed my real one... 

then i tried to change my real php.ini (/usr/local/etc/php.ini) but the changes did NOT take effect (yes, i restarted my apache!)

reading phpinfo() output, it told me that it read /php.ini instead of /usr/local/etc/php.ini, which is given in the compile options as default as you can see below:

i compiled php-4.3.0 with the following options:

./configure                                     \
  --prefix=/usr/local                                           \
  --with-apxs=/data/apache/bin/apxs                             \
  --enable-cli                                                  \
  --disable-cgi                                                 \
  --disable-debug                                               \
  --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc                        \
  --with-exec-dir                                               \
  --enable-sigchild                                             \
  --disable-magic-quotes                                        \
  --disable-rpath                                               \
  --disable-ipv6                                                \
  --with-openssl                                                \
 --disable-all                                                  \
  --with-zlib=/usr/local                                        \
  --disable-ctype                                               \
  --with-curl=/usr/local                                        \
  --with-gd                                                     \
  --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local                                    \
  --with-png-dir=/usr/local                                     \
  --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local                                    \
  --with-freetype-dir=/usr/local                                \
  --with-t1lib=/usr/local                                       \
  --enable-gd-native-ttf                                        \
  --with-gettext=/usr/local                                     \
  --with-imap=/usr/local                                        \
  --with-imap-ssl=/usr/local                                    \
  --with-ldap=/usr/local                                        \
  --with-mcrypt=/usr/local                                      \
  --with-mysql=/usr/local                                       \
  --with-oci8=/data/oracle                                      \
  --with-pcre-regex                                             \
  --disable-posix                                               \
  --enable-session                                              \
  --enable-sockets                                              \
  --enable-sysvmsg                                              \
  --enable-sysvsem                                              \
  --enable-sysvshm                                              \
  --enable-xml                                                  \
  --with-expat-dir=/usr/local                                   \
  --enable-shared                                               \
  --enable-static                                               \
  --disable-inline-optimization                                 \


snippet output from phpinfo():
phpinfo() PHP Version => 4.3.0 System => SunOS test01 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u Build Date => Jan 31 2003 21:09:32 Configure Command => './configure' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--with-apxs=/data/apache/bin/apxs' '--enable-cli' '--disable-cgi' '--disable-debug' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc' '--with-exec-dir' '--enable-sigchild' '--disable-magic-quotes' '--disable-rpath' '--disable-ipv6' '--with-openssl' '--disable-all' '--with-zlib=/usr/local' '--disable-ctype' '--with-curl=/usr/local' '--with-gd' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' '--with-png-dir=/usr/local' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr/local' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr/local' '--with-t1lib=/usr/local' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-gettext=/usr/local' '--with-imap=/usr/local' '--with-imap-ssl=/usr/local' '--with-ldap=/usr/local' '--with-mcrypt=/usr/local' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--with-oci8=/data/oracle' '--with-pcre-regex' '--disable-posix' '--enable-session' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr/local' '--enable-shared' '--enable-static' '--disable-inline-optimization' Server API => Apache Virtual Directory Support => disabled Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /php.ini PHP API => 20020918 PHP Extension => 20020429 Zend Extension => 20021010 Debug Build => no Thread Safety => disabled Registered PHP Streams => php, http, ftp, https, ftps, compress.zlib 


ok guys, there seems to be a bug anywhere...

i removed the /php.ini as a workaround, and now it takes my /usr/local/etc/php.ini, like i told php to do at compile time. funny thing, eh?

br, md.

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 [2003-02-01 17:09 UTC] msopacua@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

Could you also stop and start apache instead of restart?

I can't reproduce this with current HEAD.
 [2003-02-01 19:42 UTC] edink@php.net 
This is a known issue. PHP searches for php.ini in current working directory first (exception to this is CLI SAPI) and apache does cd / at startup so /php.ini gets read.

There are n? current plans to change this.
 [2003-02-02 05:50 UTC] mdff at a1 dot net 
yes... i understand how this is done... now.

but: i did not find anything 'bout this behaviour in the manual... maybe i overread it, but it should be placed to be seen at 1st (bold, underline ;-)) maybe in:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#configuration.file

thx, md.
 [2003-02-02 06:46 UTC] philip@php.net 
Added a link to this bug report in the related existing bug of #21783 so this information will be added to the manual sometime.

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=21783
 [2003-04-07 02:51 UTC] joseluis dot perez at arrakis dot es 
OS: Linux Debian 3.0, kernel 2.4.18.

I can?t understand why you don?t plan to fix this 'feature'. It?s an important security risk.

	Ok, let?s try to explain my plataform. I have an Apache that serves many virtualHosts. I use suexec to control that cgi?s are run in the jail where all virtualhost are. Each virtualhost has a different uid , and CGI?s are run with it?s own uid. This way I can restrict my customer?s security and privacy. And that?s why it?s so important that PHP is run as CGI. 

	I have compiled PHP with '--with-config-file-path=/etc' option. It worked correctly in the jail and I have a correct php.ini in '/etc'. In fact, PHP first look './php.ini' and then if it doesn?t exists, it reads /etc/php.ini. ( I used strace to see it ). I need PHP to run as a CGI, because I use it in Apache and I need it to generate HTML code, so I can?t compile it to work as CLI.

	I know that when you use -c option you can tell PHP where to look for php.ini, but when you run PHP in CGI mode, it overrides command line options. It?s a security matter. I use PHPRC to tell PHP where to look for php.ini for each of my virtualhosts, but when exists a php.ini file in the directory where the scripts resides PHP read it and ignore PHPRC, -c or compilation options. 

	Feel free to ask any further information you need, and of course thanks in avdvance.
 [2003-04-07 02:56 UTC] john@php.net 
This behavior should really be documented... Why someone would stick the php.ini file in root is beyond me, but it should be at least noted.
 [2003-04-07 03:25 UTC] john@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged
every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can
grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/.
 
In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at
http://www.php.net/manual/.

In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show
up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.
 [2003-09-11 06:09 UTC] schlika at linuxmail dot org 
I have a php-4.3.3-dev compiled as CLI and it uses php-cli.ini if it finds it instead of php.ini
 
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