Found it: the php.ini file doesn't like tilde characters in variables. I was concerned about using spaces in directory paths (like "C:\Program Files", so I used the Windows 8.3 notation: C:\PROGRA~1. Everything below that line was ignored.
Thanks to all for your help. -----Original Message----- From: Clare, Bruce W Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 4:02 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Yet another session.save_path issue Well, I've pinned it down to a php.ini issue as Christoph mentioned, but I still haven't found the culprit. I ran 'php -i' from the command line and it reads 'session.save_path = /tmp' there as well. Furthermore, I've confirmed that the actual issue is that the only section of php.ini that is definitely being read is the main section. The include_path variable is updated correctly, but values specified in other subheadings, like [MySQL] or [session] are being ignored. I haven't confirmed if this applies to all of the subsections yet, but it certainly applies to the two subsections listed as examples. I'm going to work my way up the file, to see if I can spot any syntax errors, but if anybody has other suggestions as to a possible cause, drop me (or the list) a line. Thanks muchly, BC -----Original Message----- From: Clare, Bruce W Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:20 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Yet another session.save_path issue >Not too sure about the API/env variables, but I have the following line in >my php.ini and it works fine - the only difference from yours is that I use >the forward slash... >session.save_path = d:/temp I've tried it like that, also, without the drive letter and various combinations. One thing your note reminded me of was to try using double backslashes "\\" like in C or C++, but that didn't work either. The only occurence of "tmp" in the entire ini file is in the commented variable name: ";upload_tmp_dir =", so the path is coming from another source besides the ini. I've also verified that there are no other php.ini files on my system. Thx, BC -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
