Users: How to edit/access php.ini via FTP

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How would a user change a php_flag or php_value in ispCP?

Normally, it would be done in .htaccess as:
php_flag register_globals Off

Since we are using fcgi for php, the changes have to be made in the php.ini, which is here:
/var/www/fcgi/domainname/php5/php.ini

It is not possible for the user to edit this file.

I have read that the way to do this is for the user to create their own php.ini file, and set the following in their .htaccess:
SetEnv PHPRC /location/todir/containing/phpinifile

I haven't been able to get this to work. I suspect that the httpd.conf is not allowing the proper override.

I have tried doing so here, with no success:

Code:

<Directory /var/www/virtual/domainname/htdocs>
            AllowOverride All
            FCGIWrapper /var/www/fcgi/domainname/php5-fcgi-starter .php
            Options +ExecCGI
        </Directory>

How can I enable the override?

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Here's an idea. Can we set the shell script to check for a custom php.ini file?

/var/www/fcgi/artipedia.org/php5-fcgi-starter

Code:

customphp="/var/www/virtual/domain/php.ini"
if [ -f  $customphp ]
then
   PHPRC="/var/www/virtual/domain/"
else
PHPRC="/var/www/fcgi/domain/php5/"
fi

This works, except apache has to be restarted after the user uploads the php.ini file. Is there a way to make this happen dynamically, without having to restart apache?