php.ini not recognised

I just did a fresh install of php-4.0.0

when I do a phpinfo()
it has Configuration File (php.ini)
                        Path
/usr/www/waples/conf

the php.ini is in there but it won't take any notice of the settings -
Ive stoopped apache and restarted it, ive restrted it but it wont take
anynotice of the changes-
It wont even take notice of the one in /usr/local/lib


my configure is
'./configure' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid'
'--with-apache=../apache'
                                                '--with-mysql'
'--with-pgsql' '--with-gd=/usr/local' '--with-ttf=/usr/local'
'--with-gettext'
                                                                  
'--disable-debug' '--with-ftp' '--with-imap'
                                                   
'--with-config-file-path=/usr/www/waples/conf' '--with-mhash'
'--with-mcrypt'