Where can I find php.ini?

Question

A few years ago I installed Apache 2.2x and PHP 5.3.1 on a Linux server I maintain. I used .tar.gz\'s and built them as instructed (instead of rpms and what-have-you). And

Answer 1

PHP comes with two native functions to show which config file is loaded :

• php_ini_loaded_file return the loaded ini file
• php_ini_scanned_files return a list of .ini files parsed from the additional ini dir

Depending on your setup, Apache and CLI might use different ini files. Here are the two solutions :

Apache :

Just add the following in a php file and open it in your browser

print php_ini_loaded_file();
print_r(php_ini_scanned_files());

CLI :

Copy-paste in your terminal :

php -r 'print php_ini_loaded_file(); print_r(php_ini_scanned_files());'