php_value auto_prepend - causing 500 error?

I have a project which uses the following in .htaccess:

php_value auto_prepend_file /home/-path-here/prepend.php

This works fine on my local WAMP server and on another server, just not on this new one.

I have full access to 开发者_Go百科the server.

I'm thinking I need to enable php_value something like php.ini or with easyapache?

To allow php_value in .htaccess files, the AllowOverride directive for that directory must be configured appropriately.

AllowOverride All

would do it, but that might be to general. Then again, I do not know whether a stricter setting exists that still lets you put PHP configuration options in .htaccess.

For obvious reasons AllowOverride cannot be set in the .htaccess itself.

Furthermore, as Col. Shrapnel mentioned, PHP must be used as Apache module to be able to change PHP's configuration settings via Apache's configuration. Check the Apache error log to see the actual reason.