Where is PHP.ini in Mac OS X Lion? Thought it was in /usr/local/php5/lib

Question

I wanted to run some PHP right on my Mac, uncommented httpd.conf, activated web sharing, installed MySQL etc. I can\'t seem to find my PHP files, most importantly, PHP.ini.<

Answer 1

Here is the complete method to modify correct php.ini in mac.

• Find out the ini location via php --ini, this will give something like below:

    Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/etc/php/7.4
    Loaded Configuration File:         /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
    Scan for additional .ini files in: /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/conf.d
    Additional .ini files parsed:      /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/conf.d/ext-opcache.ini

• Now open the php.ini via sudo vi /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
• Make your changes and exit it via :wq
• Run final command sudo apachectl restart

You are changes should be now reflected, if done correctly :)

Answer 2

On OSX/MacOS do the following in a Terminal window:

Run php --ini at the prompt by typing it and pressing enter

Reports something like: Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc Loaded Configuration File: (none) Scan for additional .ini files in: /Library/Server/Web/Config/php Additional .ini files parsed: (none)

...this is because in /etc there is a file called /etc/php.ini.default as an example and to show it is not in use. You need to copy that file to the name php expects so that you can edit it, like this:

Type:

$  sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini       (and enter your password)

...then you will see if you run php --ini again that it now sees your new file:

Typing this: php --ini at the prompt should report this:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /Library/Server/Web/Config/php
Additional .ini files parsed:      (none)

...now edit /etc/php.ini - you want to make sure the following lines (NOT the same line starting with a semi-colon ';') are exactly as follows: log_errors = On (this will turn the logging engine on)

Then, in this section:

; Log errors to specified file. PHP's default behavior is to leave this value
; empty.
; http://php.net/error-log
; Example:
;error_log = php_errors.log
; Log errors to syslog (Event Log on Windows).
;error_log = syslog

If you want to log to the syslog (or Windows Event Log on Windows) then ;error_log = syslog should become error_log = syslog

However, if as you say, you want to log to a file, you uncomment by removing the leading semi colon to make ;error_log = php_errors.log become error_log = php_errors.log or using a full path to place it where you want.

Good luck

Answer 3

You should find it in /private/etc if it exists, otherwise:

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

Answer 4

I have more than once instance of PHP running so the other answers did not work for me. This did:

Create a PHP file and open its local url in your browser:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

The PHP.INI path will be listed close to the top.

Answer 5

To locate the ini file on your machine, open Terminal.app and run the following command:

php --ini

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If you need a template for Lion, try this.

Answer 6

I start with the 'Hello World!', once I get that displaying in my browser I throw a phpinfo(); in there and you can see all of the things. Tells you which configurations are loaded, everything.

<?php
   echo 'Hello World!';

   phpinfo();