Cant access php.ini file, is there some cPanel restrictions?

[condoace]

Hey,

I am using PuTTy to get shell access to my *nix system on my own VPS server (not shared). I am trying to edit things in my php.ini, when i do the below commands, my file ONLY shows:

date.timezone="America/Denver"

Commands I use: (my php.ini is located at /use/local/lib/php.ini)

cd /usr/local/lib/php.ini
cat /usr/local/lib/php.ini

this appears ONLY
date.timezone="America/Denver"

What is happening, i feel there is some restriction on Cpanel or something, has anyone else ecountered this!!! PLEASE HELP!! I have spent like 4 hours trying to solve this!!

[ChrisRHS]

First, make sure you are the root user. Secondly, the commands you are trying to use to edit the file, are not editors. Do display the whole file in your shell, you would type:

cat /usr/local/lib/php.ini

That should show you the entire contents. To edit the file, you need to use an editor, like vi, vim, nano, etc.

nano /usr/local/lib/php.ini

I do suggest though, that if you can, use the PHP Config editor through WHM:

Main >> Service Configuration >> PHP Configuration Editor

Chris

[linux7802]

First run command on shell

[linux@office ~]$ whoami
root

If above command give you user name "root" in output then run command and found out correct php.ini file.

[linux@office ~]$ php -i | grep php.ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/lib
Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/lib/php.ini

The correct path for php.ini file is /usr/local/lib/php.ini then check if any attributes are set for php.ini file or not.

[linux@office ~]$ lsattr /usr/local/lib/php.ini

If it gives following outpuout then you will able to edit the php.ini file

[linux@office ~]$ lsattr /usr/local/lib/php.ini
------------- /usr/local/lib/php.ini

If out comes with the following output then you can't edit php.ini file
[linux@office ~]$ lsattr /usr/local/lib/php.ini
-u--ia------- /usr/local/lib/php.ini

You need to run following command
[linux@office ~]$chattr -aui /usr/local/lib/php.ini

and now try to edit the php.ini file as per your requirment