[GRLUG] php.ini won't update

[Eric Beversluis]

On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 13:29 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 08:36 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > From my initial posting of this topic:
> > "I've restarted apache and restarted the server several times. That
> > hasn't helped. Checking Loaded Configuration File indicates that in
> > fact /etc/php.ini is the loaded file."
> 
> Ok
> 
> > >> If you still have both do a diff and see what the
> > >>differences are.
> > >The only difference that seems significant to me is that I
> > >uncommented a
> > >variables_order option in the "Quick Reference Section" rather
> > >than
> > >changing it further down where it is actually set, not
> > >realizing that where I found it wasn't the place to set it.
> 
> But here you are making a serious tactical error: "The only difference
> ****that >>>>seems<<<< significant to >>>>me<<<<****".
> 
> Use the tools!  I might make a tee-shirt that says that...
> 
> The diff tool is installed, I believe, by default [or nearly] on any
> UNIX host.  diff the old and new files to see the total of the
> *actual*
> differences between the files; I speak from long experience, using the
> available tools will help avoid the many problems resulting from
> 'apparent significance'.  If you or I can look at something and NOT
> SEE
> the *significant* difference than either (a) we are looking at the
> wrong
> thing [aka - something else changed] or (b) our 'significance filter'
> is
> getting in the way.  It could be weird line breaks, a missing comment
> symbol you've overlooked, non-printable characters, or some other
> change
> you forgot about - some of those changes may not even be visible when
> staring at the file [especially for the 100th time].  But diff will
> tell
> you that A is different from B in these 1-2-3.. ways.  That computers
> are too stupid to give a whit about 'significance' is a feature, not a
> bug; our ventromedial cortex's signal tagging is awesome when spotting
> the 500lb dirk cat crouching in the bushes and about to make a meal
> out
> of you and your cave family [picked out and highlighted from all the
> other myriad non-threatening things we see at the same time, and
> immediately forget about / overlook] - but is *sucks* when it comes to
> sitting at a desk and staring at config files.  If diff was sitting
> next
> to you on that rock - he'd be dinner.  Fortunately, no one has sighted
> a
> dirk cat in /usr/bin for a very long time.
> 

I did look at all the diffs. 

Since I didn't have to fix the file, having reverted to the original, I
was just hypothesizing that this change was the problem. Next time I'll
know to check the logs as Nathan suggests.