Problems configuring my site to use a custom php.ini file for all directories - .htaccess

PHP 5.2.17
joomla 1.6.4
1and1 Linux shared server
php is running as cgi
Hi, I am trying to use a custom php.ini throughout my website. I know I can put a php.ini file in each folder, but that would not be feasible.
I searched online and found the following method:
1 - create your custom php.ini file and put it inside path/to/your/website/cgi-bin folder
2 - create the following php.cgi file
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/php5 -c path/to/your/website/cgi-bin
3 - upload php.cgi to /path/to/your/website/cgi-bin
4 - chmod +x php.cgi to make it executable
5 - include the following line inside .htaccess in my website root
Action application/x-httpd-php5 /path/to/your/website/cgi-bin/php.cgi
According to my understanding, after doing the above, php scripts on my website would start using my custom php.ini file instead of the default one.
Anyone can help? I spent a better part of the day trying to resolve this issue without success.
By the way, my account root (one level above my website root) has a .htaccess file with the following lines:
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
Thank you.
UPDATE 9/2/2011 - 19:37
tried including the following statement in .htaccess
SetEnv PHPRC /path/to/my/website/cgi-bin <- where my custom php.ini file is located.
According to this website it should have worked -> http://support.premiumreseller.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=85
But still nothing.
I will keep trying.
Any help appreciated!!!
UPDATE 2 - 9/3/2011 - 0:03 (WORKAROUND)
So, I couldn't find a solution for my problem. I decided to create a small php script to create hard links to php.ini in each directory that has a php script.
See below the code in case you are curious:
<?php
define('ROOT_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
define('FILE_PHPINI', ROOT_DIR . "/cgi-bin/php.ini");
processdir(ROOT_DIR);
function processdir($path)
{
$FlagNoPHP = true;
$localPHPINI = $path . "/php.ini";
foreach ( new DirectoryIterator($path) as $file)
{
if (!($file->isDot()))
{
if ($file->isDir())
{
processdir($path . "/" . $file);
}
else if ($FlagNoPHP && fnmatch("*.php*", $file))
{
$FlagNoPHP = false;
if (!file_exists($localPHPINI))
{
link(FILE_PHPINI, $localPHPINI);
}
}
}
}
if ($FlagNoPHP)
{
if (file_exists($localPHPINI))
{
unlink($localPHPINI);
}
}
}
?>
The above code looks inside each directory in my website and:
1 - if there is a php script and NO php.ini, creates a hard link to php.ini
2 - if there is NO php script and there is a php.ini, deletes the hard link (done in the last if of the function). I included this in order to clean up the filesystem of old php.ini files.
This worked for me.
I am still curious about an answer to my original problem.
I hope this helps someone!

Seems like you're taking the long way. Just modify .bashrc:
export PHPRC="/Volumes/Mac_Daddy/web_curr/public_html/php_osx.ini"
Result:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/php5/lib
Loaded Configuration File: /Volumes/Mac_Daddy/web_curr/public_html/php_osx.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /usr/local/php5/php.d
Additional .ini files parsed: /usr/local/php5/php.d/10-extension_dir.ini
Or create an alias:
alias myphp="/usr/local/php5/bin/php -c /somewhere/someplace/php.ini"
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