Thanks Jorge, I know it. The mystery is - php is not reading this php.ini file - which is located in /etc/php.ini
I do not know how this can be. For instance I have set in php.ini -- memory_limit = 64M
Yet phpinfo() shows memory limit set to 128M. That's where I had it set prior to this current install. Somehow, whatever was set before I installed this version is still set, and no changes I make on php.ini are ever reflected in phpinfo().
I did not uninstall my prior version of PHP prior to installing this 5.3.7RC1 version. I have no clue at all how this works, but I suspect it has to do with not uninstalling the previous version first. This is just a dev machine, so it's the perfect educational tool for me. All my programs do work fine, php run fine - I cannot adjust any settings however. The previous php.ini file is stuck someplace in the twilight zone I guess, and is still in command.

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