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dotancohen
Asked: 2012-08-08 13:27:00 +0800 CST

.php files see Apache environment variables, .html files don't

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Consider this environment:

$ cat .htaccess
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
SetEnv Foo Bar

$ cat test.php
<?php
echo "Hello: ";
echo $_SERVER['Foo'];
echo $_ENV['Foo'];
echo getenv('Foo');
?>

$ cat test.html
<?php
echo "Hello: ";
echo $_SERVER['Foo'];
echo $_ENV['Foo'];
echo getenv('Foo');
?>

This is the output of test.php:

Hello BarBarBar

This is the output of test.html:

Hello

Why might that be? How might I fix it?

Here is phpinfo.php: http://pastebin.com/rgq7up61

Here is phpinfo.html: http://pastebin.com/VUKFNZ36

If anyone knows where I can host a real webpage instead of just the HTML for one, please let me know and I'll move the content to there. Thanks.

apache-2.2

1 Answers

  1. the difference is visible in the block:

    Environment

    there in the html-version all variables are set in the old global form: 

    $HTTP_HOST, $HTTP_USER_AGENT, etc.

    and in the new form too:

    $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"], $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"], ...

    in the php version they are set only in the new form. it seems like the html-version uses another php.ini.

    also i see the variable 

    $_SERVER["ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME"]    ="/var/www/cgi-bin/cgi_wrapper/cgi_wrapper"

    maybe the html-file is parsed with the 

    /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
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