No php.ini with brew

Question

I installed PHP7 with brew and it said:

The php.ini file can be found in:
    /usr/local/etc/php/7.0/php.ini

but I don't see anything there. So I confirmed it with php-fpm -i:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/etc/php/7.0
Loaded Configuration File => (none)
Scan this dir for additional .ini files => /usr/local/etc/php/7.0/conf.d

I think for this reason I'm unable to run PHP scripts, how do I fix it?

Solution 1

I have the same issue. Someone has already created an issue for this:

• https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3599
• https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php/issues/3598

It looks like running brew install php70 --build-from-source does create a php.ini file. It worked for me.

Solution 2

You can use the following command:

php -r "phpinfo();" | grep php.ini

it will tell you what php.ini is being executed, in my case:

▶ php -r "phpinfo();" | grep php.ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/etc/php/7.3
Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/etc/php/7.3/php.ini

Solution 3

For php8 i did this:

cp /etc/php.ini.default /usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php.ini

/php/8.0/ php and 8.0 directories might not exist so you have to create them

check with php --ini where it is looking for conf files and if any is loaded

Solution 4

If you have installed PHP using brew and do not find php.ini file in /etc than search for php.ini.default, this is the php.ini file. Please create a copy of default php.ini and naming it php.ini using command mentioned below.

sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini

than restart the Apache server

sudo apachectl restart

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Comments

[eozzy]

Ah, a bit too late. After a full day of messing with brew I went back to MAMP 4, it also supports NGINX now.

[Saitama]

Works for me too.