php.ini location

[anon538]

I recently purchased a hosting account on a godaddy server. I haven't made any changes. I need to find the php.ini file. I am running on a windows platform. Thanks in advance.

[phizzle]

Try this

<?php
    echo phpinfo();
?>
 

It will give you all kinds of info on your php configuration including the path to your ini file.

[ak1dnar]

But, on a shared server you won't be able to change the php.ini settings manually. because from your FTP account you can't access the php core files, but the public web root can be accessible from the FTP or Control panel. Try ini_set() but there may be limitations on this way too.

[Atli]

Hi.

Many hosts allow you to put your own php.ini file in your web root. You should check out it that is an option.

[anon538]

I tried the ini_set() method. I tried

ini_set("allow_url_fopen","On");
 

It didn't return an error message, but after a simple fopen() test, I found no change. I then tried to upload a php.ini file via FireFTP. I initially uploaded it in highest directory that I could find, which seemed to be called "/". It returned the error message Access is denied. I then stuck the php.ini file in my public folder, but my other php files took no recognition of it. I finally tried the php info technique, which told me my php.ini file was in my C:/ drive, which makes no sense since I expected it to be somewhere on the server. I would really appreciate it if someone out there could give me any more advice.

[pbmods]

Heya, anon538.

Many web hosts disable allow_url_fopen, and there is no way to enable it if that's the case.

Try using cURL instead.

[anon538]

Well, after weeks of being stumped, I grudgingly called tech support. They told me that my problem was that I was on a Windows OS. I changed to a Linux operating system, uploaded my own php.ini file into the root directory via FTP, and presto fopen() worked. Thanks to everyone else for their replies.

[pbmods]

Heya, anon538.

Glad to hear you got it working! Good luck with your project, and if you ever need anything, post back anytime :)