Per Directory PHP Value??

[aphorist]

Some time I used .htaccess to secure some directory like /image or other
and change global php value to suit some cms (wordpress, xoops, joomla, ...)
but i can't do that with .htaccess. Why?

[ephigenie]

you can use .htaccess however not for manipulating php settings as php is executed over fastcgi per default.
This ensures that php is executed only with the rights of the current user ( domain ) .
.htaccess & php settings require mod_php however which does not provide these security restrictions.

So you'll have to change this on a per domain basis below /var/www/fcgi is a php.ini for every domain.