hi, On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 23:31 +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > I noticed recently that some php options seem to > be duplicated. I didn't investigate generally > but with magic_quotes_gpc I found under /etc > > moodle/apache.conf: php_flag magic_quotes_gpc On > php5/apache2/php.ini:magic_quotes_gpc = On > php5/cli/php.ini:magic_quotes_gpc = On > php5/cgi/php.ini:magic_quotes_gpc = On > phpmyadmin/htaccess: php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off > (there are similar settings with php4) > > and I wondered magic_quotes_gpc was On or Off on my system. > In fact which setting is effective? the setting can be on or off in different contexts. the php-specified configuration takes the form of /etc/phpN/SAPI/php.ini (and likewise conf.d), where N is the php major version, and SAPI is the version of the php engine being run (cli, cgi, apache2, etc). in all cases the default settings are mostly the same, but they are logically seperated so that you can do things like disabling memory limits for cli based programs without doing so for your web scripts at the same time. you can also affect php settings on an application-specific basis, as you see with the moodle/phpmyadmin settings. i would say that this is the recommended method if you are packaging a webapp that requires certain (possibly non-default) php settings in order to work. this way you can enable/disable/change them, but only for the location under which the webapp runs. as for what a "local admin" ought to change, well it's all configuration, i would say change it where it makes the most sense or is easiest to maintain. and if there's any confusion, you can always use ini_get() or phpinfo() to verify the settings in the specific context. sean
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