Change php.ini location

Question

Is it possible to change the location of php.ini to be used by Apache? When I did php -i | grep 'Configuration File', the result is:

Path => /usr/local/etc

Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/etc/php.ini

But the result of phpinfo() is

Configuration File (php.ini) Path : /etc

I can copy over php.ini from /usr/local/etc/ to /etc/, but is it possible to change the php.ini folder?

I installed PHP using homebrew and I am using OS X Snow Leopard.

Solution 1

PHP uses different .ini files when running via command line vs running as a web server module. When you grep the results of php -i your getting the command line ini. It's good practice to have separate ini's for the two environments.

If you must change the directory PHP looks for the php.ini file, you can use the PHPIniDir in your web server conf file.

If you wish to just add additional directories to be scanned, you can set the PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR environment variable.

Solution 2

To Change php.ini file path we have to declare PHPINIDir in the apache configuration file 'httpd.conf' syntax for that is :

PHPINIDir "path_to_ini_file";

Comments

[Corbin]

If it's installed as a module, use PHPIniDir.

[user269867]

@Zendy how did you solved this?

[Zendy]

ok, and where do i add that PHPIniDir or PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR? Do i just add it to httpd.conf?

[Zendy]

Oh, and if you don't mind me asking, why is it good practice to have separate ini's for two different environments?

[webbiedave]

PHPIniDir goes in httpd.conf. PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR is an environment variable and needs to be exported via the user that runs apache. Multiple configs is common simply because the environments are different enough to warrant their own settings (one is initiated by the user, the other by anonymous web requests).

[john-jones]

My httpd.conf file is empty and when I add PHPIniDir="path to folder of server" then apache crashes when I restart it. (coming from serverfault.com/questions/469398/…)

[Abdullah]

thanks export PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR=/etc/php.d/ solved my problem

[David]

There should be no semicolon at the end, just simply PHPINIDir "/etc/php.ini", and then don't forget to restart your apache (i.e., sudo apachectl restart)