Where is the php.ini file on a Linux/CentOS PC? [duplicate]

Question

I can't find PHP.ini location on my server. I've checked all Stack Overflow answers but I can't find my php.ini location.

I have Linux, Cent OS, zPanel. Last version of PHP.

My computer: Linux Mint 15 KDE.

Nam G VU · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-18 08:41:53Z

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In your terminal/console (only Linux, in windows you need Putty)

ssh user@ip php -i | grep "Loaded Configuration File"

And it will show you something like this Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini.

ALTERNATIVE METHOD

You can make a php file on your website, which run: <?php phpinfo(); ?>, and you can see the php.ini location on the line with: "Loaded Configuration File".

Update This command gives the path right away

cli_php_ini=php -i | grep /.+/php.ini -oE #ref. https://stackoverflow.com/a/15763333/248616 php_ini="${cli_php_ini/cli/apache2}" #replace cli by apache2 ref. https://stackoverflow.com/a/13210909/248616

edited Jul 18, 2018 at 8:41

Nam G VU

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8 Comments

Nick Over a year ago

This is not the php.ini for all things. Its for the CLI. on ubuntu 16.04 / php7.0 (default); this is going to give you /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini (or similar) for apache it will be at /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini Php info will only give you the highest level of php.ini; so if you drop info in an html dir, it will show THAT one (not default apache, etc) Please update answer, its near complete ;)