According to phpinfo() the following php.ini files are loaded:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php5/cgi
Loaded Configuration File /var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/etc/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /etc/php5/cgi/conf.d
I've made changes to php.ini found in /etc/php5/cgi - restarted server - NO Effect.
This file: /var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/etc/php.ini has the note:
DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE BECAUSE IT WAS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY, SO ALL
YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST THE NEXT TIME THE FILE IS GENERATED.
The server has these php.ini files
/etc/php5/cli/php.ini
/etc/php5/cgi/php.ini
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
/opt/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
/var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/etc/php.ini
Could you please tell me which php.ini file should I look for?
If you want to add something to php.ini (as xdebug properties, for example), then you should use /etc/php5/cgi/conf.d folder (create or edit one of that files).
As for php.ini located in cgi - seems right that you've done. However, there still exists a possibility, that you can edit these files, but they are overwritten by general configuration by your provider. I would advice to check it locally, if the same configuration would work.
EDIT: /opt/psa/admin/conf/php.ini looks like a possibility of this variant.
Also I would advice to edit apache's php.ini, but it looks more like a magic path.
I had a syntax error at 1. line!
It was :[php] instead of [php].
PHP ignored my config file because it couldn't see a php section
For me that fixed everything; Run php -c 'path-to-php.ini'. It will show you more information.
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The php.ini file in xampp is located here: C:\Windows for php.ini
The phpinfo contains this information:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS
Loaded Configuration File (none)
Scan this dir for additional .ini files (none)
How can i change the directory?
open this file
"\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf"
find this block
PHPINIDir "C:/xampp/php"
change the directory
From my experience using XAMPP, it's better to put the php.ini file where XAMPP expects it to be by default. Typically XAMPP is going to look under its own dir. For Windows, it would look like, or similar to, this: [yourdrive_letter]:\xampp\php\php.ini . That's what should be showing up in your Loaded Configuration File setting. I always ignore whatever it says in Configuration File (php.ini) Path, because that's not really the ini that xampp is using.
Go look under your xampp directory and find the "php" folder. If it's not there, then it needs to be (unless you've somehow configured xampp to look elsewhere). So find the PHP folder you want to use and put it under the xampp folder. The version of xampp I have does not allow for switching php versions/folders "on the fly", so the folder MUST BE named "php". (Yeah, I've tried having two php folders with different names and just swapping them out -- that doesn't work well in xampp).
I don't see where I was telling you to edit anything under the Windows directory. If you can't copy the php.ini for some reason, then you can use the template for it provided by XAMPP and change it to your needs. You asked how to change the directory for your php.ini and your subject was about XAMPP so I assumed you have an XAMPP directory somewhere and knew how to configure it -- my bad. Most installation directions I've seen for XAMPP tell you to put it in C:\xampp. If you have it under a Windows directory, then you have my sympathy. If you DO have a C:\XAMPP, I'm simply saying to find a directory called PHP under THAT folder, and then configure your XAMPP to use the php.ini under C:\xampp\php. Under your 'config' option for Apache, you should see a file option called 'httpd-xampp.conf'. Select that to edit it; there should be a module called <IfModule php5_module> in there. Under that is your PHPINIDir directive. Change whatever path it's pointing at to "C:/xampp/php". Add the closing tag (</IfModule>). Restart Apache. (You may have to stop Apache before editing this file). If your XAMPP is in your Documents directory for some reason, then it's just a matter of changing the paths in this answer. I wouldn't put it there personally, but it seems your network people have you kind of locked down. Sorry if my previous answer was unhelpful.
I am developing php applications on Ubuntu 13.04 and when i am trying to change the upload_max_filesize setting:
$ sudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
and restart apache the values do not change in my phpinfo() they stay at the default values
This is the path mentioned in the phpinfo:
Loaded Configuration File /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Those values can be read from more than one location. You only show one location (and yes there is a phpinfo showing only one location but there are other elements in phpinfo hinting additional ini locations and to tell you the truth: the phpinfo does not show all inis).
So actually this depends on your configuration (which can greatly differ as you've got an open system) and the only thing we can say for sure is that you
a) edited the wrong file -or -
b) made a mistake while editing the right file.
To fix your issue, edit the right file.
To find the right file, learn about your systems PHP configuration.
To learn about your systems PHP configuration, start removing the ini and see what happens.
To learn about how it works in general - not specific to your system - you can easily consult the PHP manual:
Runtime Configuration Docs
Try to check if there is any syntax error in your php.ini, if there is any, it will not take the changes.
also make sure that your php.ini is writable
Or if you are on Linux (same will apply for windows, just different path), check the error log file with the command like this:
$ tail -n 100 /var/log/apache2/error.log
after restarting apache server
This will show you the line of the error and its cause in case of the syntax error in php.ini.
Check also "Scan this dir for additional .ini files" and "Additional .ini files parsed"
I've tried going through Network Solutions tech support but didn't get it resolved ("You need to talk to Signature Support, which is $50").
I'm running some sites off of a Net Sol VPS account and need to change the upload_max_filesize setting (which is apparently set to a paltry 2MB by default) for the php server. I've added:
upload_max_filesize = 20M
post_max_size = 20M
max_execution_time = 6000
to the /httpdocs/cgi-bin/php.ini file (per NS's instructions), and then restarted apache, but when I run a phpinfo on that domain, the settings are not applied. It still says "2M" for the upload max.
I also tried adding this to the server root at /cgi-bin/php.ini as well, to no effect.
There is no /cgi-bin/.php/php.coalesced.ini file that I can see.
Any ideas? I'm losing my mind with this.
First thought is to check your phpinfo() output for the value listed in the "Loaded Configuration File" setting and make sure that it matches the file you've been editing.
You can't just litter PHP.ini files around and expect PHP to load them. If it's not been told to look for one in that cgi-bin directory, the file will just get ignored.
Check the phpinfo() output - the first section will tell you exactly what .ini files were located/parsed, and their location. e.g. on my home server:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php5/apache2
Loaded Configuration File /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/curl.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/gmp.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysqli.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/pdo.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/pdo_mysql.ini
if your cgi-bin .ini file isn't listed, then PHP is NOT looking in that directory.
I know this is old but figured I'd share my experience. I tried adding a php.ini file to the /cgi-bin folder as I read was suggested, that didn't appear to work. My solution was to SSH onto the server and make a change to the real php.ini file and then restarting the server.
I've set magic_quotes_gpc = Off in php.ini,but I see it's still On in phpinfo();
First of all, you must be sure you modified the right php.ini file : there can be many files called php.ini -- and only one is "the right one".
You can see which php.ini file is used in the output of phpinfo() : there should be an entry called Configuration File (php.ini) Path that indicates the directory in which php.ini is looked for, and an entry called Loaded Configuration File that indicates the full path+name of the php.ini file that's used.
Then : don't forget to restart the webserver, so the modifications to php.ini are taken into account (Not sure that's necessary with IIS, but as it's required with Apache, I suppose it cannot hurt with IIS)
If that doesn't change a thing : what if you try to modify another directive : is the modification taken into account ?
As an alternative, you can disable it from your script too:
// disable magic_quotes_runtime
if (get_magic_quotes_runtime())
{
#set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
}
You can check the php.ini file that was loaded via the php_ini_loaded_file function. Restart your web server.
On my installation the c:\php\php.ini file was named php ini. So phpmyinfo() was not loading it, despite the PATH environment variable including C:\php\. (Check this in a DOS prompt with SET PATH).
So rename it to php.ini.
It was difficult to spot in Windows Explorer.
How do I include a php.ini file in another php.ini file?
I don't think you can "include" .ini files from the main php.ini file.
One possible solution, though, might be to use this option on the configure line, when compiling PHP:
--with-config-file-scan-dir=PATH
Set the path where to scan for configuration files
If this option is used at compile-time, PHP will look for every .ini file in this directory, in addition to the "normal" php.ini file.
I suppose this is what is used by Ubuntu, for instance, which uses a different .ini file for each downloaded extension, instead of modifying php.ini.
The path to the php.ini file is being defined with this option, on the configure line:
--with-config-file-path=PATH
Set the path in which to look for php.ini [PREFIX/lib]
Still, it probably means you'll have to re-compile PHP -- which is not that hard, btw -- the hardest part being to get the dependencies you need.
And, here is a post on the internals# mailling-list that says the same thing as I do: config files and PHP_CONFIG_FILE_SCAN_DIR
One can also define the path in ~/.bashrc
export PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR=/usr/local/lib/php.d
I installed Memcached for php and wasn't sure how to make sure that its ini was included in my php.ini file, but as it turns out, it automatically is. You can validate what is being loaded by running php --ini.
php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /opt/local/etc/php5
Loaded Configuration File: (none)
Scan for additional .ini files in: /opt/local/var/db/php5
Additional .ini files parsed: /opt/local/var/db/php5/memcached.ini
EDIT: My answer was mistaken. This only works in .conf files, which is not the question asked. Better testing showed that it won't work in php.ini files, where include statement is ignored.
I just tested it on Debian 9 (Stretch) with PHP-FPM. From some .conf file, use this syntax:
include=/path/to/special-php.ini
or even
include=/path/to/special-dir-full-of-conf-files/*.conf
as it is used in
/etc/php/7.0/fpm/php-fpm.conf
include=/etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/*.conf
By the way, this will be most useful if you split your settings by topic, and or if you want a set for development and another one for production. Then you could do it the Debian/Apache style like
/etc/php/conf-available/
/etc/php/conf-enabled/
with symliks from the second to the other and an include to that one.
It seems you cannot include one ini file into another so it gets referenced and loaded. But you can set php up to load several files by telling it which folders to look into.
When using a FastCGI setup (possibly in FPM, too, though I don't know that for sure) you can export environment variables from within the PHP wrapper.
There you could do:
export PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR=/etc/php5/cgi/conf.d:/var/www/mydomain.net/etc
/var/www/mydomain.net/etc is just an example. It's the folder where you put your additional ini files into. It seems this can be a : separated list.
Use a phpinfo.php (file called arbitrarily containing only <?php phpinfo();), open the corresponding URL in your browser and check the list of directories that are parsed and the list of files that get loaded in the top area of it.
/etc/php5/cgi/conf.d should always be included (I guess because it was compiled into the PHP executable) and possibly not really be needed.
You can't. Read online pages:
The configuration file
SUMMARY: The configuration file
(php.ini) is read when PHP starts up.
For the server module versions of PHP,
this happens only once when the web
server is started. For the CGI and CLI
version, it happens on every
invocation.
.user.ini files
SUMMARY: In addition to the main
php.ini file, PHP scans for INI files
in each directory, starting with the
directory of the requested PHP file,
and working its way up to the current
document root (as set in
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']). Only INI
settings with the modes PHP_INI_PERDIR
and PHP_INI_USER will be recognized in
.user.ini-style INI files.
You could try to simulate it making use of the ini_set function. But as the "man page" indicates, not all ini options can be changed using ini_set. It's definitely a useful function, though.