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IIS & PHP configuration help - PHP.ini instructions igno

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:05 pm
by homeshow
My server setup: Win2k, IIS5.0, PHP running as ISAPI

Problem 1: PHP.ini settings ignored. Not too sure how to address this one. I've tried changing some settings in the PHP.ini file. Some just do not seem to take.

Example 1 ~ there's a setting called SMTP that tells PHP what server to use. I change from the default, "localhost", to "smtp.mydomain.com" and reboot, but phpinfo() still shows localhost.

Problem 2 ~ SENDMAIL_FROM is a setting that's supposed to be a global “From” for PHP to use in case individual scripts don't specify that email header. Making a change in php.ini and rebooting doesn't make a difference in what phpinfo() shows, which is nothing! PHP.ini settings can be overridden by a function call from individual scripts, but they have to be overridden from each script that needs the functionality.

Is there a better way to force PHP to use all the settings in the PHP.ini file?

Thanks for your assistance !!!

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:27 pm
by homeshow
Unresponsive forum

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:14 pm
by Chris Corbyn
As you say... ini settings can be made using ini_set() inside your scripts. .htaccess can do it with apache but that wont work with IIS.

As for the SMTP setting it sounds like you've editted the wrong php.ini file or the value is set further on in the ini, thus overwriting the custom setting. When you run phpinfo() check the path of php.ini to see if you've editted the correct one.