title: Using apache configuration to specify PHP include directory for each site
body: <p>I recently switched to fastcgi and now I have a problem with setting the php include path which had previously been set in .htaccess as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>php_value include_path "[INCLUDE PATH]"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Since the switch, this gives the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Invalid command 'php_value', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module
    not included in the server configuration</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And to my understanding 'php_value' cannot be set via htaccess with fastcgi.</p>
  
  <p>Are there any ways to get around this or to globally specify the php include path for a whole site with subdirectories, such as through the apache configuration?</p>
  
  <p>I know that I can manually set the include path on each script in php or I can specify the include path in a php.ini in the directory, but the websites are already established with many files and directories and it would be cumbersome to go through each file and directory to copy the new include paths or php.ini files.</p>