IIS & PHP configuration-PHP.ini instructions ignored

Re: IIS & PHP configuration-PHP.ini instructions ignored
My server setup: Win2k, IIS5.0, PHP 4.0.10 running as ISAPI

Problem 1: PHP.ini settings ignored. Not too sure how to address this one. I've tried changing some settings in the PHP.ini file. Some just do not seem to take.

Example ~ there's a setting called SMTP that tells PHP what server to use. I change from the default, "localhost", to "smtp.mydomain.com" and reboot, but phpinfo() still shows localhost.

Problem 2 ~ SENDMAIL_FROM is a setting that's supposed to be a global “From” for PHP to use in case individual scripts don't specify that email header. Making a change in php.ini and rebooting doesn't make a difference in what phpinfo() shows, which is nothing! PHP.ini settings can be overridden by a function call from individual scripts, but they have to be overridden from each script that needs the functionality.

Is there a better way to force PHP to use all the settings in the PHP.ini file?

Thanks for your assistance !!!

phpinfo() shows you the php.ini file that's active, make sure you are editing the correct php.ini file if you have more than one. If you still have problems you'll have to look in php documentation.

Thanks Doug for your comments.