Windows XP path problem

Question

My Environmental Variables (& I crosschecked every possible place in the Registry) show my PHP include path as: "C:\PHP\" --and PHP (5.2.9-2) works fine on the system, so that is correct. However, running

ini_get("include_path")

shows the path as "C:\PHP5\". This causes problems with PEAR, etc. I've searched the system (i.e. php.ini files, httpd.conf, & everywhere else I can think of--there are no .htaccess files) & can find nothing that points at PHP5. Where in the world is this coming from??

Answer 1

Try searching for the literal PHP5 using a grep search tool (like windows grep http://www.wingrep.com/) it will take a while, but I think it's the best approach after you've checked all config files and environment variables.

Cheers

Answer 2

Something could be setting it using ini_set.

Or, after running the aforementioned grep on the whole system, you can try these:

• Debug PHP to see what causes this.
• Use Filemon from Sysinternals to see what files PHP is accessing.

Answer 3

This isn't really an answer to your problem however if you install WAMP or XAMPP you can usually avoid all of these annoying configuration issues.

Answer 4

If you run a script with a call to phpinfo() PHP will tell you where the values come from:

<php

phpinfo();

?>

The top table will tell you what php.ini files it's reading and you'll find the value of the *include_path* directive in the Core table.