.htaccess / override php.ini settings

[bbxrider]

i'm using apache 2.2.4 with win xp pro

hosting multiple domains with virtual host

one domain is joomla with an extension docman to manage file uploading, i have configured the docman app to accept very large files

i have tried to override the default php.ini upload_max_filesize for just the one domain

by putting an .htaccess in the root dir with 'php_value upload_max_filesize 20000m' (yes looking to upload 20gb files for a special app) the .htaccess didn't work

i also tried putting a modified php.ini the root dir, that also didn't work

i have tested successfully with modifying the standard php.ini so i know everything else is working once the php limit is increased

so i'm not sure if i had misread how htaccess or php.ini in the root dir works with apache for modifying php. and i'm not sure either if this more a php question than apache?

 

but if any body can help with this please do

bob

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Is php running as an Apache module or as a CGI application?

[bbxrider]

thanks for the reply

 

apache module

 

my .conf:

#start php5 modifications

LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

PHPIniDir "C:/php"

#end php5 modifications

 

 

 

 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

For Apache module, you can put php settings into the .htaccess file, provided there is an  AllowOverride all statement in your httpd.conf that allows the php settings in the .htaccess file to operate.

[bbxrider]

ok thanks again

i have this directive which looks like it cover all dirs,

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

    Order deny,allow

    Deny from all

    Satisfy all

</Directory>

 

which actually i'd like to keep except for the domains i specifically want to override, can i put in the allowOverride for just specific dirs, even perhaps below the root, so only the scripts there are affected?

 

and does this mean that if using the cgi-bin option, then htaccess is not an option? and if not htaccess is there an alternate method to achieve the same thing for cgi-bin