[FX.php List] How to edit PHP settings

[Bob Patin]

I think I got it...

I did this

sudo cd /etc/php

Then I did this

sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini

Then I edited php.ini and saved it... restarting now.

Thanks for your help, guys,

Bob


On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> When I ran phpinfo(), I didn't see any place where a php.ini file  
> location is specified; where would that be?
>
> Also, when I did "locate php.ini", I only found the one file, and I  
> know for certain that I've never created a php.ini file on that  
> server (didn't know how!).
>
> Best,
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Derrick,
>>
>> I'm worried that there already *is* a php ini in place that he has  
>> yet to locate.  Overwriting with the default may destroy existing  
>> settings.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> At 12:41 PM -0600 1/6/08, Derrick Fogle wrote:
>>> Yes, you're on the right track. When you've only got the "default"  
>>> file, PHP does not even read that file for settings. It just  
>>> defaults to a certain set of settings.
>>>
>>> Just copy that file to php.ini, then edit the php.ini with sudo  
>>> pico. Scroll through the file - you'll find the settings easily  
>>> enough. Change them, save, then restart web services. Now that  
>>> there's an actual php.ini file, it will use the settings in it,  
>>> instead of internal defaults.
>>>
>>> On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Derrick,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help; I did find this:
>>>>
>>>> /private/etc/php.ini.default
>>>>
>>>> Does this mean that I'm not using one, then, and have to create  
>>>> one?
>>>>
>>>> I've used "sudo pico" before to edit files in Terminal, so I have  
>>>> a *tiny* bit of experience doing this sort of thing; I'd like to  
>>>> change 2 settings:
>>>>
>>>> short_open_tags
>>>> register_globals
>>>>
>>>> to force me to declare variables (perhaps that's not the right  
>>>> variable to change for that?). When I've written PHP apps for  
>>>> other servers, not having declared variables here and there has  
>>>> caused problems; however, the biggie is turning off short open  
>>>> tags.
>>>>
>>>> If you can tell me how to edit this I'd be eternally grateful.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Bob Patin
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>>>> On Jan 6, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Derrick Fogle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Search for your PHP.ini file: In MacOS, open terminal and type:  
>>>>> locate php.ini
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a good chance you'll only find a php.ini.default file.  
>>>>> If so, duplicate it and rename the duplicate to just php.ini. If  
>>>>> you find several, you'll have to figure out for sure which one  
>>>>> is the real file. I'd recommend emailing back with more info  
>>>>> (OS, Apache version, PHP version, where the files were found,  
>>>>> etc.) if that's the case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once you've located (or created) the right php.ini file, you'll  
>>>>> need to edit it, save the changes, and restart your web  
>>>>> services. I use BBEdit in MacOS GUI, Pico in terminal, or  
>>>>> whatever plain text editor floats your boat for Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll need admin privs, but it should be easy finding and  
>>>>> changing the short_open_tags directive. You'll do well to browse  
>>>>> through the file and familiarize yourself with the rest of the  
>>>>> directives in the file, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> More info on the PHP.ini file directives can be found at http://php.net 
>>>>> .
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