From fa9c2436a6128f7f8e6e266f4114082d97792f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Olson <philip@php.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:21:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Reworded "don't use php constants in httpd.conf" note. *
 Added link to ini_get()

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@88614 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 chapters/config.xml | 22 ++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapters/config.xml b/chapters/config.xml
index 6b318ab68f..adf87650a1 100644
--- a/chapters/config.xml
+++ b/chapters/config.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.66 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.67 $ -->
  <chapter id="configuration">
   <title>Configuration</title>
 
@@ -144,18 +144,16 @@ include_path = ".;c:\php\lib"
 ]]>
 </programlisting>
     </example>
+    
     <note>
      <para>
-      Some ini directives have special initilization handler. Changing
-      these ini values from Apache configuration file may result in
-      unexpected behavior. For example, <systemitem
-      role="directive">error_reporting</systemitem> has special
-      handler translate error level constant expression to integer
-      value, changing value using <literal>E_ALL</literal>,
-      <literal>E_NOTICE</literal> will not work for <systemitem
-      role="directive">error_reporting</systemitem>. Users must
-      specify integer value for <systemitem
-      role="directive">error_reporting</systemitem> to make it work.
+      PHP constants do not exist outside of PHP.  For example, in 
+      <filename>httpd.conf</filename> do not use PHP constants 
+      such as <constant>E_ALL</constant> or <constant>E_NOTICE</constant> 
+      to set the <link linkend="ini.error-reporting">error_reporting</link> 
+      directive as they will have no meaning and will evaluate to
+      <emphasis>0</emphasis>.  Use the associated bitmask values instead.  
+      These constants can be used in &php.ini;
      </para>
     </note>
    </para>
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ include_path = ".;c:\php\lib"
     You can view the settings of the configuration values in
     the output of <function>phpinfo</function>. You can also
     access the values of individual configuration settings using
-    <function>get_cfg_var</function>.
+    <function>ini_get</function> or <function>get_cfg_var</function>.
    </simpara>
    
    <sect2 id="ini.sect.general">