Changes to upload_max_filesize in Ubuntu php.ini will not take effect

Question

I have been trying for two days to increase the max filesize for file uploads via php to 10M from the default 2M. I change the php.ini file that is referenced by phpinfo to

Answer 1

After reading great @Jekis's answer, I solved the same issue for Fedora distribution (it's the same thing, just different path):

1. After evaluting phpinfo(); output I found out that other .ini files are stored in: /etc/php.d directory

2. In /etc/php.d I created a new file - 40-user.ini. I added upload_max_filesize and other settings that I wanted to change

3. Then I restarted apache (httpd)

And then changes were picked up.