where does the php.ini go?

[ShawnD]

one of the instructions for PHP said /usr/local/lib/php.ini
i asked the guys at linuxquestions.org and they told me /usr/local/lib/php.ini but STILL i can't change variables.

i have a program that requires register_globals to be ON so i went into php.ini in /usr/local/lib and changed
register_globals = Off into
register_globals = On
then i restarted the webserver but the program still says that register_globals is off. is php.ini in the wrong folder or is that program a piece of junk?

[hand]

I think you edited the wrong php.ini, try to find the active php.ini.

[ShawnD]

um... could you please tell me where the active php.ini SHOULD be?

[hand]

It depends on your installation. Create a php file and call it phpinfo.php with following content:

<?phpinfo()?>

Execute this file.
The path is being displayed there beside "Configuration File (php.ini) Path"

[sgray]

find / -name "php.ini"

[ShawnD]

hand you're the best, thanks man 🙂
it's /usr/php/lib/php.ini
the file was not there so i had to put it there 🙂