php - How do I add paths to the Apache PATH variable?

Question

I've set in my custom.conf file in apache2 this:

SetEnv PATH $PATH:/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:/this-is-a-test

However it's not working. When I call:

$hey = shell_exec('env'." 2>&1"); var_dump($hey);

I get:

... PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/local/bin

Can anyone help? I'm on Mac using Macports for my development environment. Thanks!

Answer 1

for ubuntu server, in /etc/apache2/envvars, for centos server, in /etc/sysconfig/httpd, to add:

export PATH=<your php cli path>

and restart apache