shell Environment Variables

[dneff]

Hello,

This may be more of a Linux question, but perhaps somebody knows the answer.

I can use getenv() to get environement variables, but I'm not sure where to set environment variables in linux so they can be seen from PHP.

I've tried setting my variable in /etc/profile but it still isn't available from PHP's getenv() function. I've even tried exec("myvar=hello"getenv("myvar" with no success.

Thanks,

-David

 

[danielhozac]

Are you running PHP as an Apache module or as a shell script interpreter?
If the first, then you would have to set the environmental variable somewhere in your Apache configuration. If the latter, the variables should be available. //Daniel

 

[dneff]

PHP is an Apache module. I've tried putting SetEnv <var> <val> in the VirtualHost without success. Is this where I would put it?

Thanks

 

[dneff]

Actually, it looks like the SetEnv did in fact work. Sorry for the last reply, and THANK YOU for the help.

-David