Setting default timezone does not work despite timezone being valid

Question

I\'m geting when I just do phpinfo()

Warning: phpinfo(): It is not safe to rely on the system\'s timezone settings. You are required to use t

Answer 1

To extend futureboxlab's solution, you may encounter another error regarding the 'make' command if you don't have make installed. In that case you'll just need to run

#yum install make

then, once again (third time's the charm)

#pecl install timezonedb

Answer 2

Thanks to the comments, I was able to solve my problem. What I've done, in console:

#yum install php-pear

#pecl install timezonedb

It required c compiler:

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

...so I did:

#yum install gcc

Also, if you get an error about the make command, simply run

#yum install make

Finally, try again:

#pecl install timezonedb

...it displays at the end:

You should add "extension=timezonedb.so" to php.ini

I added "extension=timezonedb.so" to /etc/php.ini, and restarted php-fpm:

#/etc/init.d/php-fpm restart