Can't set/find detect_unicode to Off - php

I'm want to start using phpDocumentor and the manual installation keeps throwing an error about me not having set detect_unicode = Off in my php.ini in Terminal.
When I add it to my php.ini it doesn't take and I get the same issue when running the install. Nobody seems to have this problem, and for the life of me I can't figure it out.
https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor2/blob/develop/README.md#installation
What am I missing? (I did restart the MAMP server after the php.ini edit)
Screenshot of the error in terminal...

If you have MAMP/MAMP Pro installed then the problem is that the PHP version available to your terminal will most probably be the system version located in:
/private/etc/
I had the same problem but in my case I didn't have a php.ini file in that directory so the best way to resolve it is to just create a symbolic link to the PHP version currently in use in your MAMP/MAMP Pro installation:
php.ini -> /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.14/conf/php.ini
That solves the issue. Just change the php version php5.3.14 to whatever version of PHP you've selected to use in MAMP.
As #moderndegree mentions above, you can then optionally make this available to the terminal in the future by editing your path variable in your bash/zsh/etc:
export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.14/bin:$PATH"

You must not be editing the right php.ini if it still is enabled. Run php -i | grep ini to find all the ini files that are loaded.
The relevant lines are those two:
Loaded Configuration File => ...
Additional .ini files parsed => ...

The problem is that you are probably hitting a different php install.
Try the following:
which php
If you get anything other than, /Applications/MAMP/bin/..., you need update your environment to point to MAMP's installation.
To do this, you will need to add the following to .bash_profile (please update the path to match your setup):
export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin:$PATH"
Reload .bash_profile with the following command:
source .bash_profile
After you do this, you should be pointing to the correct php installation. Try which php again to confirm. Now run php -i | grep ini to confirm that the correct php.ini file is being loaded. As Seldaek stated, the relevant lines are:
Loaded Configuration File => ...
Additional .ini files parsed => ...

As I remember, MAMP uses configuration templates. So you should edit php.ini template. The actual php.ini will be regenerated from the template everytime you restart MAMP.

I faced the same problem for composer-php and i add this line manually into php.ini file. Like this:
sudo /private/etc/php.ini
then add this line "detect_unicode = Off"
detect_unicode = Off
then its work and i installed composer. You can see this
How to disable "detect_unicode" setting from php.ini? (trying to install Composer)

If you can't change your /usr/local/bin/php/php.ini file, remember to keep using '-d detect_unicode=Off' for all your php calls like so:
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -d detect_unicode=Off
php -d detect_unicode=Off composer.phar install
If you are able to change your php.ini file, then add the following to the end of your php.ini:
detect_unicode = Off

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Windows 10, mamp, composer not installing, but openssl & extension_dir enabled

I have mamp installed and am using windows 10. I have attached an image of the configurations, the error, and some of the things I've done to diagnose why. I don't know why I am continuously getting this composer error. I am updating my php.ini file, which had openssl commented out. I removed the semicolon on extension_dir (was already removed), and on extension=php_openssl.dll. I have noticed that when I type in php -m in my command prompt, I am not seeing open ssl, and I'm not sure how to enable that, if that is the possible issue.
If there can be any light shed on this, let me know, I understand this issue is answered hundreds of times over, but I have done what was required from those answers, and got no where.
Image clarifications: The error
Here is where I am checking the configurations with php -m and it's not showing openssl, correct me if I'm mistaken.
My phpinfo(); with also me doing php -ini, it's showing php isn't set, but it is when I run the phpinfo method, i'm assuming because this method is being run through mamp allowing it to set the correct parameters.
You have to make sure that the command-line PHP loads an ini file somehow. The easiest is probably to copy c:\MAMP\conf\php7.0.0\php.ini to wherever your php.exe is located. To find that out you can use where php which should return you the full path to it. Copy the ini file in that directory and it should find it and load the module (although you might have to adjust the extension_dir depending on how it is set).
See http://php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.php if you want more details on how the ini file is located.
you only need to copy php.ini from the conf directory to your php directory and it will work fine.
just copy php.ini from
MAMP/conf/php(version of your php)/php.ini
to
MAMP/bin/php/php(version of your php)
then try in command line `php composer.phar install'
for install composer and enable openssl extension, copy your php.conf in MAMP\conf\php{php-version} for MAMP\bin\php\php{php-version} and edit php.conf changing ;extension=php_openssl.dll for extension=php_openssl.dll.
Then try installing normally.
Running Windows 10 with MAMP PRO. Copy the version php.ini file to the folder that has the php.exe. In my case, I copied MAMP/conf/php7.2.1/php.ini file to MAMP/bin/php7.2.1/ folder.
Restarted MAMP PRO 4.
Ran the command line, replacing some-dir with my new Drupal 8 project.
composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project:8.x-dev some-dir --stability dev --no-interaction
Worked beautifully!

Why isn't Php not loading values from php.ini? [duplicate]

I have been trying for two days to increase the max filesize for file uploads via php to 10M from the default 2M. I change the php.ini file that is referenced by phpinfo to no avail.
I saw a few articles stating that there is a syntax error around line 109 of the php.ini file, but I don't know what the syntax error is or how to correct it. users stated that because the upload_max_filesize is AFTER this error in the config file it is being ignored. Please help.
This message helped me:
The newest php version installed on server does not allow global settings (such as execution time, max upload filesize, max post file size, etc.) to be changed.
Folow these steps to resolve the issue:
Eval phpinfo();
Search for 'Scan this dir for additional .ini files' text in phpinfo() output
It will be something like this /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d
Create your user.ini file inside the dir. (/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/user.ini)
Use this ini file for custom settings.
Restart the server
File /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/user.ini
post_max_size = 90M
upload_max_filesize = 50M
Update 2018.06
If you are using nginx + php-fpm your path will be something like this (use your php version in path). Create file using:
nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/user.ini
There are a lot of other .ini files in the conf.d directory. If you want your config to be the last included - use prefix.
For example: 30-user.ini.
After file creation don't forget to restart fpm:
sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
If you php.ini resides somewhere like /etc/php/7.*/fpm/php.ini - then modify it as needed and instead of sudo service apache2 restart go with service php7.1-fpm restart
Have you restarted apache2?
sudo service apache2 restart
The new php.ini configuration is only applied when apache starts.
You might also need to increase the maximum size of a post:
post_max_size=10M
Try that.
I had exactly the same problem and solved it using these steps:
When running the following command on my server
php --ini
I got the following path of my php.ini
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
I kept on making changes in this php.ini file, but none of the changes took effect. I then created a file called info.php in my /var/www/html directory and added the following code
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Then I opened the file in my browser http://example.com/info.php, where I saw that the actual loaded php.ini file was in a different directory
Loaded Configuration File /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
When I made changes to the php.ini file inside of this directory, all the changes took effect. In summary make sure that you run the phpinfo(); function to make sure of the actual php.ini file which php uses.
service apache2 reload needs to be run as root, even if it does not appear to fail without root. Running sudo service apache2 reload works. This is in Ubuntu 14.04.
Maybe you find 2 directories for php.ini files.
If you search where php.ini is using cli like php --ini maybe it show you /etc/php/7.1/cli/php.ini, but thereis another folder to php-fpm found in /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini and you need to create your new ini file under conf.d folder like /etc/php/7.1/fpm/conf.d/30-user.ini and if you need a ini file to cli command line you need to put your ini file under /etc/php/7.1/cli/conf.d/30-user.ini
I had a very strange experience which caused the same symptom like this.
The point is that my php.ini file contained an old-style comment (starting with hashmark) which, as of php 7.0, is not a comment any more. The incorrect comment confused the ini-parser.
The solution was to replace all # comment symbols with semicolon (;) which is the only standard way for writing comments.
For further details, please read my comment here:
https://serverfault.com/a/1012262/494670
After reading great #Jekis's answer, I solved the same issue for Fedora distribution (it's the same thing, just different path):
After evaluting phpinfo(); output I found out that other .ini files are stored in: /etc/php.d directory
In /etc/php.d I created a new file - 40-user.ini. I added upload_max_filesize and other settings that I wanted to change
Then I restarted apache (httpd)
And then changes were picked up.
Changes to Ubuntu php.ini will not take effect.
Steps to resolve this issue in Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx 1.18.0.
Check the php version you are running: php -v
Check for syntax errors in php.ini: sudo php-fpm7.4 -t (change to the version you are running).
Use your favorite editor to fix syntax errors.
Restart php-fpm: sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm (change to the version you are running).
My results:
PHP: syntax error, unexpected END_OF_LINE, expecting '=' in /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini on line 2
In my case it was a "w" before the [PHP] which must have happened when I was using Ctrl w for searching with nano.

composer not install in windows 7

I already uncommented in php.ini:
[PHP]
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; About php.ini ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll
extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
Variables of the system set ok.
PHP version 5.4.16:
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.16\php.exe
Add to System path variable:
C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin
But, recive this error:
Some settings on your machine make Composer unable to work properly.
Make sure that you fix the issues listed below and run this script again:
The openssl extension is missing, which means that secure HTTPS transfers are
impossible. If possible you should enable it or recompile php with --with-openssl
I'm using:
windows 7
Wamp
php 5.1.16
apache 2.4.4
How solve this problem, please help me.
Open php.ini located in your "php" folder for example in xampp the file is in XYZ:\xampp\php\
Find "extension=php_openssl.dll"
";extension=php_openssl.dll" - remove ";"
Restart your xampp (or whatever u use), extension should be loaded after that.
Try agien to install composer.
ensure you are editing the php.ini locate on same place where is located php.exe, i was the same problem and wamp say the openssl is actived but Composer-Setup.exe used the php.ini in php directory/ext/ and wamp used C:\System...\php.ini,
Regards,
I have battled this several times. And this is the best solution I have found.
As mentioned, you need to ensure that extension=php_openssl.dll is enabled but doing just that sometimes may not resolve the error.
You should check that you have PHP on your path variable then see what INI file is loaded by typing php --ini in the console it should give you something like:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: C:\WINDOWS
Loaded Configuration File: C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: (none)
Additional .ini files parsed: (none)
Make sure you are enabling the settings in the correct ini file. If you dont have an ini file loaded put an ini file from the php directory into c:\windows.
Also important
I find it helps to change the extension_dir flag to an absolute path from relative to makesure the system can find php_opensll.dll.
To do this uncomment the line starting extension_dir and change it to match from the drive root.
Example: C:\php\ext instead of ext/
For MAMP users, this is what worked for me.
If your php.ini is located under a \MAMP\conf\
copy the php.ini into a\MAMP\bin\php\php[your PHP version number]\
Restart MAMP and the command-line window
Go to a directory under a command-line window where you want to install composer
run from a command line:
php -r "readfile('http://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php
NOTE: it is http not https !
END
I figured it out and successfully installed Composer in My windows 10 PC.
I am sharing two solutions here.
There are some steps you have to follow in order to solve your problem.
1st solution.
Find and Open php.ini located in your "php" folder In my case it is in xampp the file is in c:\xampp\php\
Find "extension=php_openssl.dll"
";extension=php_openssl.dll" uncomment by removing the semicolon ";"
Restart your xampp , now extension should be loaded after that.
Try again now you are able to install composer.
2nd solution(If the above solution not work for you then go with below solution . )
This works in my case
Find and Open php.ini located in your "php" folder In my case it is in xampp the file is in c:\xampp\php\
Open SHELL from Xampp start panel by clicking on shell button.
Write php in shell and hit enter
If you get some waring message in your shell something like below .
Then you have to fix these waring message by commenting all these extension in your php.ini file.(Actually cause of these warning messages are because more than one time these extensions are enabled but you can un-comment it in php.ini file for solving the issue).
For Example which is in my case.
a). You can see in above image there is warning message for curl.
Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0 .
b) To fix this find php_curl.dll file in your php.ini file and comment that extension by adding semicolon ";" in front of that extension like this ;extension=php_curl.dll
Follow above steps if you have more than one warning for each extension untill you are not getting any warning message in your shell.
Restart your xampp , now extension should be loaded after that.
Try again now you are able to install composer.
Hope I can solve your issue .
That's all folks . Happy coding !!! (amitamie.com) :-) ;-)
The problem solved after turn off windows firewall.
installation complete!
I nearly wrapped my head off trying to install composer on my windows 7 machine.
I was trying to install composer through the composer installer from getcomposer.org.
After the common openssl extension enabling (As above answers describing).
The installer has finished the installation successfully. But calling composer on the command line, wasnt
possible. It was telling me composer / application not found, check for typos etc...
Cant getting it running, I looked at the manually install guide and noticed something weird.
The doc said: "Close your current terminal. Test usage with a new terminal:"
I closed my terminal window. Opened a new one and IT WORKED!!!
I had a terminal window open during the composer installation. After that I was trying to call composer via the command line in this terminal. This didnt work.
So why did it not work?
The composer installer downloads the composer.phar file and sets a environment path to it. The terminal only gets the environment PATHS, when it gets started. So of course the path wasnt set for the terminal.
Solution:
If you have a terminal open before the installation just close it and open a new terminal window to get composer ready to use!!!
I hope I can save someone a couple hours of living time.
You can follow this guide:
http://abuango.net/2014/08/16/how-to-install-composer-on-windows-with-xampp/
Hope it helps you.
Find a php.ini in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.16\ (the configuration file of PHP).
Remove ; in lines ;extension=php_openssl.dll and ;extension_dir = "ext". PHP will know that you are using a php_openssl extension and extension_dir is the location of extensions (you can see it in the comment above php_openssl).
Run the Windows command prompt with administrator permissions.
Execute the following command: mklink C:\Windows\php.ini C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.16\php.ini
Composer search php.ini in C:\Windows\php.ini and you have your PHP in WAMP. With mklink command you create a link php.ini that aim to your WAMP's php.ini.
i was facing the same issue but i fixed that,
if you are using wamp
goto your selected php version directory and then you need to edit that directory php.ini file
replace this line ;extension=php_openssl.dll to extension=php_openssl.dll and save and then restart then it will be working :)
Beside all of the above If php/xampp is not installed in c drive this problem occurred (what happened with me).
In that case please follow this link :
http://abuango.net/2014/08/16/how-to-install-composer-on-windows-with-xampp/
I was facing the same issue in windows 7 PC with xampp.
Cannot open '\xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini' for reading in Unknown on line 0
I just change the value of 'browscap' in php.ini file. Use full path instead of absolute path.
In my case Xampp was in E drive so I have changed
browscap="\xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini"
to
browscap="E:\xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini"
And it works for me!

How to enable PHP's openssl extension to install Composer?

I am trying to install Laravel in WAMP setup. I am getting a warning message for not enabling openssl which I had already done in WAMP.
Here is a screenshot of the message.
It is possible that WAMP and Composer are using different PHP installations. Composer will use the PHP set in the PATH environment variable.
If you want to enable the openssl extension to install Composer, first you need to check the location of the PHP installation.
Open a Command Prompt, type: echo %PATH% then check for the location of your PHP installation.
Go to that location and edit the file named: php.ini.
Uncomment the line extension=php_openssl.dll by removing the semicolon at the beginning.
Now you are good to install Composer.
I solved my problem a different way. The problem is that wamp's GUI was misleading: it claimed that I had php_openssl enabled.. and if I clicked on php.ini on the same GUI.. it actually showed that extension=php_openssl.dll was uncommented..
I'm not sure if i'm using the same installer version of composer of the OP, but it actually asks you at the beginning to specify the php.exe that you like to apply composer on (which basically ensures that no one tries to apply composer to the wrong php executable as what happened with the OP)..
The way I solved this was by going myself into the installation of php within the wamp package: C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12 and looking php.in there.. when I opened it I was shocked that the line extension=php_openssl.dll was actually commented! I uncommented it and it worked just fine.
I had the same problem and here the solution I found, on your php.ini you need to do some changes:
extension_dir = "ext"
extension = php_openssl.dll
Every one here talks active the openssl extension, but in windows you need to active the extension dir too.
For WAMP server, comment given by "Enrique" solved my problem.
wamp is using this php.ini:
c:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\bin\php.ini
But composer is using PHP from CLI, and hence it's reading this file:
c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12\php.ini (so you need to enable openssl there)
For composer you will have to enable extension in
c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12\php.ini
Change:
;extension=php_openssl.dll
to
extension=php_openssl.dll
If you're doing this on Windows without one of the WAMP stacks, here's how to get this going
Download an installation of PHP for Windows. Generally you'll want a non-thread safe install. You can use 32-bit or 64-bit builds
Extract the zip file somewhere. I would suggest C:\php. Composer's installer found it there without any additional prompting
The latest versions of PHP for Windows do not come with a php.ini by default. Instead, you'll see two files, as noted below. Rename one to php.ini or copy it into php.ini.
php.ini-development
php.ini-production
Open your php.ini file and remove the semicolon from this line (you might want to uncomment other things as well but this line is the only one necessary for Composer)
;extension=php_openssl.dll
That should be all you need to do. The Composer installer should do everything else you need from here.
You need to enable "extension=php_openssl.dll" in both files (php and apache). my pc files path are these :
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\php.ini
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\bin\php.ini
This is an old question but I just had the same issue (with PHP7) and the solution was, in the end, pretty simple. Uncommenting the line in php.ini as per the other answers wasn't quite enough though. I needed to change it from:
;extension=php_openssl.dll
to:
extension=ext/php_openssl.dll
Note the ext prefix. The dll already existed but was in a subfolder. After changing the config the composer installer was happy.
you need to enable the openssl extension in
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12\php.ini
that is the php configuration file that has it type has "configuration settings" with a driver-notepad like icon.
open it either with notepad or any editor,
search for openssl "your ctrl + F " would do.
there is a semi-colon before the openssl extension
;extension=php_openssl.dll
remove the semi-colon and you'll have
extension=php_openssl.dll
save the file and restart your WAMP server after that you're good to go.
re-install the application again that should work.
There are two php.ini files, one for development and one for production. Leave those, there is another php.ini file for configuration settings just above them with a gear like icon edit that.
After editting the "right" files (all php.ini's). i had still the issue.
My solution was:
Adding a System variable: OPENSSL_CONF
the value of OPENSSL_CONF should be the openssl.cnf file of your current php version.
for me it was:
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.6.12\extras\ssl\openssl.cnf
-> Restart WAMP
-> should work now
Source: http://php.net/manual/en/openssl.installation.php
I faced the same problem, but when i was lokking for php.ini and php.exe i found php.exe at C:\UwAmp\bin\php\php-5.4.15 when php.ini at C:\UwAmp\bin\apache.
I just copy php.ini at C:\UwAmp\bin\php\php-5.4.15 and Uncomment the line extension=php_openssl.dll and it fixed.
I am using WAMP server.
Actually its files showed that openssl is opened.
But manually I went to the folder and edited php.ini.
Then I found it has not opened openssl.I uncommented it and it worked after after WAMP restart.
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13
Browse to the line that reads:
;extension=php_openssl.dll
and remove the semicolon preceding the line. Restart your WAMP server services (click in your icon tray > 'Restart All Services'
If you still cannot solve your problem have a look at this. This might be the solution you are looking for
There are several php.ini files in C:\wamp\bin\php\php x-y-z folder. You may find production, development and some other php.ini files. No point of editing production and development files. Find the file which is exactly as same as the below image. (You can find it. Just type php.ini in your search bar and do a search). Open the file and remove ; from extension=php_openssl.dll. Save the file and close it. Restart all services in Wampp server. Re-install your composer.
That is it.
Wamp works with another php.ini that is in C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\bin\php.ini. So you need to manualy find the correct file, that is in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12\php.ini. Uncomment the extension=php_openssl.dll line and just try to install Composer again.
For those who're having the same problem as I was. After doing all the solutions above, still didn't work for me. I found out that, uWamp was creating the PHP.INI file in bin/apache directory. So I had to copy the PHP.INI file into php installation directory, that is, bin/php/phpXXXX directory. This should also be where the php.exe is that you selected from the composer setup.
Hope this helps.
If you compiled from source, then adding extension=php_openssl.dll to the php.ini file may not work.
To troubleshoot this, open a command prompt and type php -i. Scroll up to the first line, it will tell you the most recent error regarding your php.ini file.
To solve the issue, find the php_openssl.dll file, for me it was in the very same directory of the compilation output:
C:\php-sdk\bin\phpdev\vc14\x64\php-7.0.13-src\x64\Release_TS
So just add the directory where the extension is, to the php.ini:
extension_dir = "C:\php-sdk\bin\phpdev\vc14\x64\php-7.0.13-src\x64\Release_TS"
Hopefully the error will be gone
If you are using xampp .Go back to where you choose which command-line php you want to use at the beginning of your installation and select the path where your xampp folder is included.After that if your installer says youve got duplicate 'extension=php_openssl.dll' comment one ssl file in your php ini with a ';'and your installation should run smoothly.

Changes to upload_max_filesize in Ubuntu php.ini will not take effect

I have been trying for two days to increase the max filesize for file uploads via php to 10M from the default 2M. I change the php.ini file that is referenced by phpinfo to no avail.
I saw a few articles stating that there is a syntax error around line 109 of the php.ini file, but I don't know what the syntax error is or how to correct it. users stated that because the upload_max_filesize is AFTER this error in the config file it is being ignored. Please help.
This message helped me:
The newest php version installed on server does not allow global settings (such as execution time, max upload filesize, max post file size, etc.) to be changed.
Folow these steps to resolve the issue:
Eval phpinfo();
Search for 'Scan this dir for additional .ini files' text in phpinfo() output
It will be something like this /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d
Create your user.ini file inside the dir. (/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/user.ini)
Use this ini file for custom settings.
Restart the server
File /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/user.ini
post_max_size = 90M
upload_max_filesize = 50M
Update 2018.06
If you are using nginx + php-fpm your path will be something like this (use your php version in path). Create file using:
nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/user.ini
There are a lot of other .ini files in the conf.d directory. If you want your config to be the last included - use prefix.
For example: 30-user.ini.
After file creation don't forget to restart fpm:
sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
If you php.ini resides somewhere like /etc/php/7.*/fpm/php.ini - then modify it as needed and instead of sudo service apache2 restart go with service php7.1-fpm restart
Have you restarted apache2?
sudo service apache2 restart
The new php.ini configuration is only applied when apache starts.
You might also need to increase the maximum size of a post:
post_max_size=10M
Try that.
I had exactly the same problem and solved it using these steps:
When running the following command on my server
php --ini
I got the following path of my php.ini
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
I kept on making changes in this php.ini file, but none of the changes took effect. I then created a file called info.php in my /var/www/html directory and added the following code
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Then I opened the file in my browser http://example.com/info.php, where I saw that the actual loaded php.ini file was in a different directory
Loaded Configuration File /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
When I made changes to the php.ini file inside of this directory, all the changes took effect. In summary make sure that you run the phpinfo(); function to make sure of the actual php.ini file which php uses.
service apache2 reload needs to be run as root, even if it does not appear to fail without root. Running sudo service apache2 reload works. This is in Ubuntu 14.04.
Maybe you find 2 directories for php.ini files.
If you search where php.ini is using cli like php --ini maybe it show you /etc/php/7.1/cli/php.ini, but thereis another folder to php-fpm found in /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini and you need to create your new ini file under conf.d folder like /etc/php/7.1/fpm/conf.d/30-user.ini and if you need a ini file to cli command line you need to put your ini file under /etc/php/7.1/cli/conf.d/30-user.ini
I had a very strange experience which caused the same symptom like this.
The point is that my php.ini file contained an old-style comment (starting with hashmark) which, as of php 7.0, is not a comment any more. The incorrect comment confused the ini-parser.
The solution was to replace all # comment symbols with semicolon (;) which is the only standard way for writing comments.
For further details, please read my comment here:
https://serverfault.com/a/1012262/494670
After reading great #Jekis's answer, I solved the same issue for Fedora distribution (it's the same thing, just different path):
After evaluting phpinfo(); output I found out that other .ini files are stored in: /etc/php.d directory
In /etc/php.d I created a new file - 40-user.ini. I added upload_max_filesize and other settings that I wanted to change
Then I restarted apache (httpd)
And then changes were picked up.
Changes to Ubuntu php.ini will not take effect.
Steps to resolve this issue in Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx 1.18.0.
Check the php version you are running: php -v
Check for syntax errors in php.ini: sudo php-fpm7.4 -t (change to the version you are running).
Use your favorite editor to fix syntax errors.
Restart php-fpm: sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm (change to the version you are running).
My results:
PHP: syntax error, unexpected END_OF_LINE, expecting '=' in /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini on line 2
In my case it was a "w" before the [PHP] which must have happened when I was using Ctrl w for searching with nano.

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