aurfalien@gmail.com wrote:
I've been setting custom env vars for Apache 1 of 2 ways;
1 - Changing the passwd file so Apache has a shell and loading a custom .bashrc file.
2 - Using the SetEnv directive in my httpd.conf file.
I'm crazy about neither one as they both have limitations;
1 - I don't like giving Apache its own shell.
2 - The SetEnv directive only takes 2 args so if I have a var with multiple values like a path, it won't work.
What's the cleanest way to set complex env vars for Apache?
I'm not aware of any exceptions to environment variables being single key/value strings. The value of a path is a single string as far as the environment mechanism goes, even if the code that evaluates it splits on :'s by convention. I don't think there is such a thing as a complex env var.