[RESOLVED] Accessing php.ini

krotkruton

So I just switched to a hosting server and noticed a few different settings. I wanted to change them in php.ini but couldn't find the file, so I asked them about it and they don't know where it is or how I can access it.

Aren't there local settings that I can change? Does anyone know of a good tutorial that explains this? I've looked through php.net but none of it really makes sense to me. I really only have access to phpMyAdmin through my server so I have trouble understanding some of the console commands.

Basically the things I need to change/check at the moment are display_errors and anything to do with the mail function,

Any suggestions are appreciated.

drew010

if you run phpinfo() it will show the location of the php.ini file that it is using, as well as all the settings.
you can use [man]ini_set[/man] to set certain values at runtime. This link has a list of all the values and tells where they are allowed to be changed.

krotkruton

Thanks for the ini_set info, that was exactly what I was looking for, and I'm a little surprised I didn't see it before.

I already knew about phpinfo() and it told me exactly where the file was, only problem is that there are no files in the folder it says it is supposed to be in (usr/bin). I'm guessing that it is because the actual path is much higher up on the directory tree where I don't have ftp access while the folder I'm looking in is deeper and specific to my server, but I'm new to the server thing so I'm not really sure.

Anyway, ini_set should put me right where I want to be, thanks again.