PHP and Apache environment variables
- by Simon
Hello,
I want to pass an environment variable in linux to apache on start up.
export MYVAR=5
--I define my environment variable on the command line
PassEnv MYVAR
--set apache to import the variable in apache config file
apachectl restart
--when I restart apache I don't get an error message. However I have noticed
that if I do not create the environment variable in my first step, I get a warning message, so must be working here
echo $_SERVER['MYVAR']
--i try to access the environment variable within PHP but it is not defined
I've observed that if I try to PassEnv an environment variable that already exits (one that I havn't created myself) it works fine. The SetEnv directive also works fine.
I'd really like to pass an environment variable to apache on the fly without writing it in a file. Help much appreciated.
I'm using CentOS, PHP5 and Apache2.
Thanks.
