see also http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34793
--- php-4.4.2/main/php_ini.c~	2006-01-17 19:02:09.000000000 +0200
+++ php-4.4.2/main/php_ini.c	2006-01-17 19:26:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 /* Check CWD for php.ini */
-#define INI_CHECK_CWD
+#undef	INI_CHECK_CWD
 
 #include "php.h"
 #include "ext/standard/info.h"
@@ -328,13 +327,13 @@
 			efree(binary_location);
 			binary_location = NULL;
 		}
-#else
+
 		if (sapi_module.executable_location) {
 			binary_location = estrdup(sapi_module.executable_location);
 		} else {
 			binary_location = NULL;
 		}
-#endif
+
 		if (binary_location) {
 			char *separator_location = strrchr(binary_location, DEFAULT_SLASH);
 			
@@ -349,7 +348,6 @@
 		}
 
 		/* Add default location */
-#ifdef PHP_WIN32
 		default_location = (char *) emalloc(MAXPATHLEN + 1);
 	
 		if (0 < GetWindowsDirectory(default_location, MAXPATHLEN)) {