$PATH environment variable for apache2 on mac

Question

I am trying to get apache/php to recognize the path to my git. I have been researching and looking in all corners of the web and cannot find how to do this. Basically, no matter what I try, when I run echo phpinfo(); the Apache Environment path does not change from /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin. And when I run system('echo $PATH'); in PHP, it reads the same.

System Information:

• Mac OSX (Lion)
• Apache 2 (running as _www)
• PHP 5.3.6

Here is what I have tried editing so far:

• /etc/profile
• ~/.bash_profile
• ~/.profile
• /etc/path
• /etc/path.d/{NEW_FILE}

Nothing I have tried so far has changed the $PATH variable. Any ideas?

SOLUTION

So here is the final solution. I edited the

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist 

and added

<key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict>     <key>PATH</key>     <string>/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin</string> </dict> 

Answer 1

You can set the PATH environment variable in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist.

More in the docs.

Answer 2

Did you update the PATH environment variable of user '_www'? Apache will read environment variables from the user runs itself. Or, it looks like you didn't restart apache after updating PATH environment variable.

• Check out the older discussion :
  • How do I add paths to the Apache PATH variable?
  • Setting environment variables in OS X?

And if you want to modify environment variable in PHP, getenv() and putenv() can be a better choice.

• getenv : http://php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php

• putenv : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.putenv.php

  $path = getenv('PATH'); putenv( "PATH=$path:/new_path_that_you_want_to_add" );