title: Set an environment variable in .htaccess and retrieve it in PHP
body: <p>I am trying to set an environment variable in an .htaccess file and retrieve it in PHP. I've looked through a bunch of other threads here on SO but everything I've tried so far has failed.</p>
  
  <p>I've added this line to the .htaccess file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SetEnv SPECIAL_PATH /foo/bin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried retrieving this value using the getenv() PHP function:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php $specialPath = getenv('SPECIAL_PATH'); ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have runned phpinfo() to see the list of available environment variables, SPECIAL_PATH is not there. I am puzzled as to why this is not working.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>