Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of faq/server/change-php-ini-settings

Timestamp:

Jun 20, 2014, 3:36:02 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Daniel Kahn Gillmor

Comment:

updated to point out the location of the custom php.ini file (#9692 should have been able to be self-resolved)

faq/server/change-php-ini-settings

@@ -6 +6 @@
 == When accessing via the web ==
 
-You have full control over your PHP installation - you can change any php.ini setting that you would like. By default, your sites will use our global php.ini file (which is located in /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini).
+You have full control over your PHP installation - you can change any php.ini setting that you would like. By default, your sites will use our global php.ini file (which is located in `/etc/php5/cgi/php.ini`).
 
-If you would like to override any of those settings:
+If you would like to override any of those settings, you'll need to edit your site's custom `php.ini` file.
 
-Edit your custom php.ini file. For members on shared hosting, see below - you will need an admin to help you.  
+
+=== Finding your custom `php.ini` file ===
+
+For members on shared hosting, the custom `php.ini` file for site `example.org` from the `example` membership would be:
+
+{{{
+/home/members/example/sites/example.org/include/php5/php.ini
+}}}
+
+For members not using shared hosting, see below - you will need an admin to help you.  
+
+=== what you can change in `php.ini` ===
 
 For example, if you want to increase the upload file limit size, you may want to add: