$PATH environment variable for apache2 on mac - php

Question

I am trying to get apache/php to recognize the path to my git. I have been researching and looking in all corners of the web and cannot find how to do this. Basically, no matter what I try, when I run echo phpinfo(); the Apache Environment path does not change from /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin. And when I run system('echo $PATH'); in PHP, it reads the same.
System Information:
Mac OSX (Lion)
Apache 2 (running as _www)
PHP 5.3.6
Here is what I have tried editing so far:
/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.profile
/etc/path
/etc/path.d/{NEW_FILE}
Nothing I have tried so far has changed the $PATH variable. Any ideas?
SOLUTION
So here is the final solution. I edited the
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
and added
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>PATH</key>
<string>/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin</string>
</dict>

Answer 1

You can set the PATH environment variable in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist.
More in the docs.

Answer 2

Did you update the PATH environment variable of user '_www'? Apache will read environment variables from the user runs itself. Or, it looks like you didn't restart apache after updating PATH environment variable.
Check out the older discussion :
How do I add paths to the Apache PATH variable?
Setting environment variables in OS X?
And if you want to modify environment variable in PHP, getenv() and putenv() can be a better choice.
getenv : http://php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php
putenv : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.putenv.php
$path = getenv('PATH');
putenv( "PATH=$path:/new_path_that_you_want_to_add" );

Answer 3

Important note for El Capitan (Apologies for the new answer - I don't have enough Rep to comment)
On OSX 10.11, the /System/Library folder is protected, so the files can't be edited.
You need to:
Reboot into Recovery Mode (hold CMD + r after the startup sound)
Once in recovery mode, go to Utilities > Terminal
Run:
csrutil disable
Reboot back into OSX - you should now be able to change the files
Once done, go back to recovery mode and run
csrutil enable
Hope that helps

Answer 4

I created this gist that helped me out from the information above:
https://gist.github.com/srayhunter/5208619
My problem was that PHP was not finding a program that we had installed under /usr/local/bin. Once we did the above it all worked and played nice on mac osx.

Answer 5

for ubuntu server, in /etc/apache2/envvars,
for centos server, in /etc/sysconfig/httpd,
to add:
export PATH=<your php cli path>
and restart apache

Answer 6

A similar problem to what I was having installing Derby. The way I solved it was by opening TextEdit. Select File > Open at this point press Shift + Command + . , this will allow you to view all the documents. Head to the user directory and search for a file called ".profile" . Open it and add the export VARIABLE= Value line for example:
export DERBY_HOME=/opt/local/share/java/derby/
Save the document and restart your terminal to see if the changes went into affect.