Apache - CentOS - “Scan this dir for additional .ini files”

Question

Is there a way to set a location for apache to read custom php.inis from? Currently it says " Scan this dir for additional .ini files " as " (none) "

The environment is CentoOS 6, Apache 2, and PHP running via DSO

Answer 1

Scan directories for .ini files is configured at compiled time via --with-config-file-scan-dir option.

However for later versions of PHP from v5.2.0 you can overwrite it at run time by setting PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR environment variable.

You can employ SetEnv directive within context of a server config, virtual host, directory or .htaccess file to update this value.

SetEnv PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR /usr/local/opt/php-extras