Seperate PHP.ini file

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The Dreamhost web hosting thread below was started by mwh on 2009-07-22 13:48:44:

Post Reply? I was having issues getting PEAR to work correctly, and I figured out that I think it was because I couldn’t modify the php.ini file, so I tried to install a seperate one… I followed the instructions on http://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini exactly! I double checked everything, but it still isn’t working. Our site no longer loads. So I googled the issue and it seems like many people try this, most are successful, but others aren’t. For the ones that aren’t there doesn’t appear to be a lot of solutions, so I am coming here. Here is some stuff to help with the diagnosis… Contents of .htaccess… #— DH-PHP handlers — Options +ExecCGI SetEnv “PHPRC /home/username/sitename/cgi-bin” AddHandler php5-cgi .php Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi #Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi (this is commented out in order to keep the site running but uncomment to test) <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(home/members|failed_auth.html).*$ [NC] RewriteRule . - [L] </IfModule> # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress Contents of cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi… #!/bin/sh PHPRC=”/home/username/sitename/cgi-bin” export PHPRC exec /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi $* Contents for the cgi-bin directory… $ dir -a -l total 68 drwxr-xr-x 2 username pg1605836 4096 2009-07-22 10:45 . drwxr-xr-x 14 username pg1605836 4096 2009-07-22 09:02 .. -rw-r–r– 1 username pg1605836 146 2009-07-22 09:02 _debug.txt -rwx—— 1 username pg1605836 54 2009-07-22 09:02 dispatch.cgi -rwx—— 1 username pg1605836 84 2009-07-22 09:02 dispatch.fcgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 username pg1605836 106 2009-07-22 09:52 php-wrapper.fcgi -rw-r—– 1 username pg1605836 45388 2009-07-22 09:02 php.ini -rw-rw-r– 1 username pg1605836 0 2009-07-22 10:45 php5-wrapper.fcgi what happens if you uncomment that one line in .htaccess, this shows up when loading our site in the browser… #!/bin/sh PHPRC=”/home/username/sitename/cgi-bin” export PHPRC exec /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi $* It appears to be the exact contents of the php-wrapper.fcgi file. Since it can read the file, I have to assume there are no typos, the files are in the right place and they have the right permissions. Correct me if I am wrong. I am almost there, there is just something missing, and I am sure it is simple! Can someone help?

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