I am sorry but this does not make sense. If you cannot use `ini_set()` because it's disabled by php.ini, but you are given access to your own `php.ini` then you can just re-enable it by overriding the [disable_functions](http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.disable-functions). Symfony requires the use of `ini_set()` which is used several places.