I try to imitate your situation:
~]$ php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php.d
Additional .ini files parsed: /etc/php.d/curl.ini,
/etc/php.d/fileinfo.ini,
/etc/php.d/json.ini,
/etc/php.d/mbstring.ini,
/etc/php.d/phar.ini,
/etc/php.d/zip.ini
So I go to /etc/php.ini and uncomment one of the lines line with a "("
~]$ vi /etc/php.ini
[PHP]
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; About php.ini ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; PHP's initialization file, generally called php.ini, is responsible for
; configuring many of the aspects of PHP's behavior.
; PHP attempts to find and load this configuration from a number of locations.
; The following is a summary of its search order:
; 1. SAPI module specific location.
; 2. The PHPRC environment variable. (As of PHP 5.2.0)
; 3. A number of predefined registry keys on Windows (As of PHP 5.2.0)
; 4. Current working directory (except CLI)
; 5. The web server's directory (for SAPI modules), or directory of PHP
(otherwise in Windows)
; 6. The directory from the --with-config-file-path compile time option, or the
Now I check if there is an error notice:
~]$ php --ini
PHP: syntax error, unexpected '(' in /etc/php.ini on line 16
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php.ini
Yes, and error, but it shows the correct line number, not ignoring the commented lines. I also got the same error message in apache/error_log when I restarted apache.
PHP: syntax error, unexpected '(' in /etc/php.ini on line 16
The php files worked, but did not send the error about ini to the log.
So, why don't you edit your /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini? Just erase several lines and see if the error message moves to a different number.
Make sure to restart apache after changing it.
