ini_set not working

Question

Here is the matter:

ini_set('display_errors', '1');
ini_set('safe_mode', '0');
ini_set('allow_url_fopen', '1');
ini_set('allow_url_include', '1');
print_r(ini_get_all());

And I get:

Array(
    [allow_url_fopen] => Array
        (
            [global_value] => 1
            [local_value] => 1
            [access] => 4
        )

    [allow_url_include] => Array
        (
            [global_value] => 
            [local_value] => 
            [access] => 4
        )

Why I cannot set that variable within the php ini_set function? The directive is specified as PHP_INI_ALL then it can be defined within the ini_set() function! http://php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php

Vijay Sarin · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-27T09:54:46.303

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display_errors

may be set at runtime (with ini_set()), but it won't have any affect if the script has fatal errors. This is because the desired runtime action does not get executed.

Use ini_set('display_errors','Off');

safe_mode

This feature has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0. This directive belongs to PHP_INI_SYSTEM and Cannot be set via ini_set()

allow_url_include

Use ini_set('allow_url_include', 'On');

allow_url_fopen

This directive belongs to PHP_INI_SYSTEM and Cannot be set via ini_set()

edited Sep 27 '12 at 09:54

answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:47

Vijay Sarin

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What is the alternative of `ini_set()` in php5.3? If you dont have access to apache config files. The only option you have is to include in your code. – indago Dec 12 '15 at 04:54
dude you are a legend, thanks very much, it has been bothering me all day. – Weilory Aug 19 '20 at 04:55

wroniasty · Answer 2 · 2012-09-27T09:57:21.297

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These variables cannot be changed within a user script. The access value means:

PHP_INI_SYSTEM    4          Entry can be set in php.ini or httpd.conf

You can try to set it in .htaccess:

php_value  allow_url_include 1

edited Sep 27 '12 at 09:57

answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:43

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but here they say the opposite, it is an ini_set_all directive! http://php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:47
no, it is not ! they says that allow_url_fopen is PHP_INI_SYSTEM – artragis Sep 27 '12 at 09:48
oh the first one you mean: but that variable is already on. It is set on true as you can see, isn't it...? – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:49
ok: what abut the allow_url_include directive? that's my real point. – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:53
can you try to set it in php.ini or .htaccess ? – wroniasty Sep 27 '12 at 09:55
I'm flagging green because he answered first, thanks!!! I can't change the htaccess :( – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 10:00

ViRuSTriNiTy · Answer 3 · 2023-04-19T13:08:27.037

My answer might be off-topic but I almost always come back to this question via Google when my ini_set calls are not working. Sharing my case might help others to solve an issue with ini_set more quickly.

So, in my case display_errors is disabled but PHP still displays the errors in the browser although I enabled log_errors and set error_log to C:\Windows\Temp\PHP_error.log.

First impression is always that ini_set is not working BUT it might be a permission issue. If PHP cannot access the log file then it will simply send the errors to the browser.

Solution: make sure PHP has the permission to access and write the log file.

L0j1k · Answer 4 · 2012-09-27T09:49:05.553

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Have you tried putting boolean values instead of 0 or 1?

ini_set('display_errors', true);
ini_set('safe_mode', false);
ini_set('allow_url_fopen', true);
ini_set('allow_url_include', true);
print_r(ini_get_all());

Or try this:

ini_set('allow_url_include', 'on');

edited Sep 27 '12 at 09:49

answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:42

L0j1k

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:42

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allow_url_fopen can't be modified by ini_set. It's because some ini statements has to be declared in an ini file only.

answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:42

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nope: here the available ini set directive, is not specified as an only php.ini directive! http://php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:44
what? i'm reading this by now: allow_url_include "0" PHP_INI_ALL PHP_INI_SYSTEM in PHP 5. Available since PHP 5.2.0. What am I missing in the php.net file? :( – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:56
oh no i got itttttt, sorryyyyyyyyyyY!!! the second columns says the change in the php version!! sorry ;( – Damiano Barbati Sep 27 '12 at 09:56

score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 18 '14 at 21:22

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if you get this message in zabbix interface "ini_set(): Use of mbstring.internal_encoding is deprecated"

simply go to file vi /usr/local/share/zabbix/include/locales.inc.php and commet the line

#       ini_set('mbstring.internal_encoding', 'UTF-8');"

restart httpd & zabbix-server daemons , then try.. thats it.!

edited Oct 18 '14 at 21:22

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answered Oct 18 '14 at 20:45

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