a bash script to configure PHP's ini file

modify_php_config.sh

#!/bin/bash -e
#
#
# Test for a reboot,  if this is a reboot just skip this script.
#

if test "$RS_REBOOT" = "true"; then
  logger -t RightScale "SYS Enable short_tags php.ini,  skipped on a reboot."
  exit 0 
fi

#Test for php.ini
php_ini=`ls /etc/ -1 2>/dev/null | grep php.ini$ | head -1`
#test for file existance
if test "$php_ini" = "" ; then
  echo "No php.ini file in the configuration directory. Aborting installation!"
  logger -t RightScale "No php.ini file in the configuration directory. Aborting installation!"
  exit 1
else
  echo "Processing wrapper file: ${php_ini}"
  cp /etc/php.ini /etc/php.ini.orig

echo 'modifying php.ini...'
sed -i 's/short_open_tag = Off/short_open_tag = On/' /etc/$php_ini
echo 'enabled short tags'
cat<<EOF > /etc/php.ini
include_path = ".:/mnt/ephemeral/campaign_store/current/lib"
EOF
echo 'added include path to php.ini'

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Modified php.ini..."
else
  echo "Modifing php.ini failed. Aborting installation!"
    logger -t RightScale 'Modifing php.ini failed. Aborting installation!'
  exit 1
fi

echo 'Done.'
fi