How set an environment variable in PHP with Apache/FastCGI?

Question

I need to define an environment variable named SQLANY17 and this variable should be available in PHP (i.e. under \"Environment\" in the standard phpinfo(

Answer 1

First, you need to make sure the module is loaded. Are you sure it is?

PHP applications are usually configured using the FcgidWrapper directive and a corresponding wrapper script. The wrapper script can be an appropriate place to define any environment variables required by the application, such as PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS or anything else. (Environment variables can also be set with FcgidInitialEnv, but they then apply to all applications.)

Here is an example that uses a wrapper script to invoke PHP:

PHP application - /usr/local/phpapp/phpinfo.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Configuration directives

# FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess should be <= PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS
# The example PHP wrapper script overrides the default PHP setting.
FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 10000

# Uncomment the following line if cgi.fix_pathinfo is set to 1 in
# php.ini:
# FcgidFixPathinfo 1

Alias /phpapp/ /usr/local/phpapp/
<Location /phpapp/>
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
Options +ExecCGI
FcgidWrapper /usr/local/bin/php-wrapper .php

# Customize the next two directives for your requirements.
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>

PHP wrapper script - /usr/local/bin/php-wrapper

#!/bin/sh
# Set desired PHP_FCGI_* environment variables.
# Example:
# PHP FastCGI processes exit after 500 requests by default.
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=10000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS

# Replace with the path to your FastCGI-enabled PHP executable
exec /usr/local/bin/php-cgi

Referenced: http://httpd.apache.org/mod_fcgid/mod/mod_fcgid.html