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[sublimice]

Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question, but where in the world is php.ini!!?!? I tried whereis php.ini, but that just gives me nonexistent places.

[Dave]

What distribution? Try the command 'locate php.ini'

[sublimice]

Cent OS 4. It says, /etc/php.ini, but nothings there..

[MrRx7]

try

/etc/php/php.ini
/etc/php5/php.ini

or you can just do

updatedb

and locate php.ini

[atourino]

Hi,

A search on Google for php.ini and CentOS yielded this:

By "default php.ini should be installed at /usr/local/lib/php.ini"...

"Unless you're running Zend, in which case the file at /usr/local/lib/php.ini should be a symbolic link to /usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini"

I have no access to a CentOS machine but try those. If those do not work but your PHP is working, try a test script (say phptest.php):

Code: <?php phpinfo() ?>

and open it via your browser (http://localhost/phptest.php or http://your_linode/phptest.php). It will tell you, among other things, what php.ini file it's reading the configs from.

Cheers,
Antonio

[Ciaran]

php.ini may be in several different places depending on what you're using it for.

Chances are, though, the one you want will be /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini or similar. Notice the Apache-specific name - if you're using mod_php with Apache 2.x (and most people are), then this is the one you want. It might be in a different directory depending on the distribution (this example is from Debian), but it'll be something along those lines.

[sublimice]

Thanks for all the help!
Ok i got it, I have to edit it with nano, but why wont' the file show up through SFTP?

[ClassHelper]

If you're going to use nano to edit the file, why don't you just SSH into the box directly and run it from the prompt?

[marcus0263]

sublimice wrote: Thanks for all the help!
Ok i got it, I have to edit it with nano, but why wont' the file show up through SFTP?
Check the settings on the client you're using