MAMP / Symfony: MAMP overrides date.timezone setting from php.ini, Symfony fails

Question

I'm trying to configure Symfony2 framework in MAMP.

In php.ini I have correctly set date.timezone, however, it appears that MAMP somehow overrides the setting and uses system time instead.

As a result, Symphony's config.php page sends this warning:

Warning: date_default_timezone_get() [function.date-default-timezone-get]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Symfony/app/SymfonyRequirements.php on line 434

Symfony fails to show start page until this has been fixed. What would be the solution?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Check if there are two php.ini files in your system. You may be adding the date.timezone line in one of them but MAMP is using the other.

If that doesn´t work for you try adding the following line at the beginning of your web/app.php and web/app_dev.php files, (as the error message suggests):

date_default_timezone_get('Europe/London');

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

I am still working on figuring out why and how MAMP overrides the php.ini date.timezone settings, however, I have found the quick fix solution within Symfony php files, which solved the problem, at least for now.

I added the following bit of code:

date_default_timezone_set ('America/New_York');

-- at the top of Symfony's config.php and app_dev.php files, immediately after the opening php tag, at the very top of the script. This removed the warning message and got Symfony working on MAMP.

I foresee having to add the same code to some other php files inside Symfony as I keep hacking at it, which shouldn't be a problem. Or I may figure out how to override MAMP's overriding.

Still, this is a workable solution.

Answer 3

• copy

cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini

• change permisions

chmod -R 775 /etc/php.ini

• edit

sudo vi /etc/php.ini

• search for date.timezone and change it to (example):

date.timezone = "Europe/London"

Answer 4

Are you in command line? cause command line may get a different php.ini than MAMP.

To see which is your php.ini from command line, you can do:

$ php -i | grep 'Configuration File'

(reference: How to find the php.ini file used by the command line?)

Try to set "date.timezone" in "/etc/php.ini", or wherever it says is your php.ini file.

You can also change your php.ini file:

$ php -help | grep "php.ini"
  -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory

Like...

$ php -c /Applications/MAMP/conf/php5.5.14/php.ini ...

For example:

$ php -c /Applications/MAMP/conf/php5.5.14/php.ini -i | grep 'Configuration File'

Answer 5

If your problem is how to make changes in php.ini file on MAMP PRO, try to edit the template.

File -> Edit Template

You can see in MAMP manual, page 24

More info is here

Answer 6

In MAMP 3.0.1 the php.ini file in the corresponding php folder version you are using has the value date.timezone declared after a semicolon which turns it into a comment rather than a command. In the php.ini in C:\MAMP\conf\php5.5.12 (or your php version) delete the semicolon in line 703 and define your local time according to guidelines http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php.

Hope this works for you :)

Answer 7

Like Pedro Luz mentioned, you have to set the timezone in your mac's php.ini and not MAMP's.

Don't forget to restart your mac's apache:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart

This solution worked for me:

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