Modifying php.ini Has No Effect

[mockingbird]

I am trying to modify certain variables. I followed the instructions here:

https://docs.directadmin.com/webservices/php/php-options.html

and created the file:
/usr/local/directadmin/data/users/username/php/domain.com.ini

(is it supposed to be "domain.com.ini or do I customize this to my own domain -- which is what I did).

Then I issued "apachectl restart". This had absolutely no effect whatsoever. My phpinfo query from my browser shows no changes.

I also tried modifying the root (global) php directives -- that had no effect.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[cjd]

Not sure what your trying to accomplish, but I always use the ".user.ini" method the in root of the web site to allow users to make adjustments.

 

[mockingbird]

Not sure what your trying to accomplish, but I always use the ".user.ini" method the in root of the web site to allow users to make adjustments.

Would you elaborate please precisely on the procedure? I find Directadmin's documentation to be a little lacking.

In the meantime, I managed to find a less elegant solution than yours.

Under "/usr/local/directadmin/data/users/[username]/php"

you need to create a file:
'domain.com.ini' (obviously, replace 'domain.com' with your own domain)

just clone the contents of your global php.ini into that file, make whichever changes you want, then run:

apachectl restart

Thanks

 

[cjd]

You just need to make a ".user.ini" file in the web root for the user's website.

As an example for larger wordpress sites you may have:

memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 100M
upload_max_filesize = 100M

This file allows you to overide the defaults.

PHP: .user.ini files - Manual

.user.ini files

www.php.net

 

[mockingbird]

Forgive my ignorance -- is this also for php-fpm? Can you also confirm what you mean by web root? That can't be the public_html folder, can it? Otherwise, the user could do that themselves (which they cannot, obviously).

Also, I am having issues applying the settings. If I go into DirectAdmin and manually refresh the service, the changes take effect. How would I do this from shell?

Is it just:

apachectl restart
systemctl restart php83-fpm

this does not seem to be effective.

Thanks again

 

[cjd]

Yes the ".user.ini" file goes in the web root, must be spelled exactly like that, yes it starts with a period.

All my installs are php-fpm.

/home/*user*/domains/*yourdomain.com*/public_html/.user.ini

You do not need to restart anything for it to work.

File is re-read automatically periodically, so changes may take a few minutes to take effect.

 

[zEitEr]

Otherwise, the user could do that themselves (which they cannot, obviously).

Users might overwrite the file of course. To avoid it you will need to use php_admin_value in PHP-FPM config file.

- https://docs.directadmin.com/webservices/php/php-fpm.html#per-user-php-ini-settings-in-php-fpm
- https://docs.directadmin.com/webser...h-to-have-global-custom-php-fpm-configuration

Files like /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/username/php/domain.com.ini are used for fastcgi only, not PHP-FPM