8 copies of php.ini Which one is used

[ctbhost]

i did a locate php.ini and found 8 differnty php.ini files in differing locations - why is this so and which one(s) do i configure

and why is there so many copies ??
/home/cpapachebuild/buildapache/php-4.3.9/pear/tests/php.ini
/home/cpphpbuild/php-4.3.8/pear/tests/php.ini
/home/cpzendinstall/ZendOptimizer-2.5.3-linux-glibc21-i386/zui_files/php.ini
/usr/lib/php.ini
/usr/local/lib/php.ini
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/php.ini
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php.ini
/usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini

[kris1351]

Several of them are linked together. The /usr/lib/php.ini and the one under Zend are the main two used for web pages. The Cpanel php.inis are what Cpanel uses for its internal functions.

[haze]

And to add, these:

/home/cpapachebuild/buildapache/php-4.3.9/pear/tests/php.ini
/home/cpphpbuild/php-4.3.8/pear/tests/php.ini
/home/cpzendinstall/ZendOptimizer-2.5.3-linux-glibc21-i386/zui_files/php.ini

Are used druing the build process of each of the pruducts above.

cpapachebuild is used to store files for building apache and php.

cpphpbuild is used to build php for cpanel / whm itself

cpzendinstall is used, yep you guessed it for zend installation. These can be removed, however removeing the first 1 mabye 2, might cause you problems if loading a previous easyapache build. I really wouldn't worry about it to much, they're small text files.

[ctbhost]

no probs they can stay there i was just wonderig whitch one to configure some of my custom settings seem to have changed

thanks all

[haze]

One of the following will give you the currently active php.ini for regular web page serving:
php -i | grep php.ini

Or place the following in a blank php document on a web accessable page:
<? phpinfo(); ?>

And it will show you the location near the top.

[t9clkclnr]

I noticed that using a blank phpinfo page shows the following location of the php.ini:

/usr/local/lib/php.ini

yet, when I use phpmyAdmin to produce this information from WHM it shows the php.ini file in the following location:

/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/php.ini

Each phpinfo.php page I use for each client under their respective domain shows the first php.ini location. Yet WHM (phpmyadmin) shows the second.

Am i safe to assume that the first php.ini mentioned above works for each of the clients. Is the second php file used in any way for serving of web pages.

t9clkclnr

[t9clkclnr]

in each of my phpinfo pages:

http://mydomain.com/phpinfo.php
reflects PHP version 4.3.9

yet in my WHM:
https://myWHMdomain.com/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/phpinfo.php
reflects PHP version 4.3.1

much needed assistance.

[fusioncroc]

t9clkclnr the first link is your php build form the sites , phpmyadmin ( and all stuff in cpanel / whm ) use a seperate installation /scripts/makecpphp should upgrade that

[t9clkclnr]

thanks fusioncroc

update got both upto speed.