{"id":6671,"date":"2016-06-28T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T07:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.superhosting.bg\/en\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:06:13","slug":"php-cli-settings-use-custom-ini","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.superhosting.bg\/en\/php-cli-settings-use-custom-ini.html","title":{"rendered":"Using Custom php.ini File for PHP (cli) via SSH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While you are working with PHP in command mode, the php<\/strong> command automatically runs the PHP CLI<\/a> binary file corresponding to the default PHP version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To view a list with all PHP CLI options, use the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

php -h<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To check the current PHP CLI version, you should execute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\"Check
Check the version of PHP CLI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
To see the current php.ini file (which will load every time by default), use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php --ini<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\"Check
Check the loaded php.ini file (Loaded Configuration File)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
In case you have not specified another file, PHP CLI will always use the default system php.ini file \/opt\/cpanel\/ea-phpXX\/root\/etc\/php.ini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it is necessary to set specific settings for executing a PHP script, you might need to add a -c<\/strong> option to the command followed by the custom php.ini file<\/strong>. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -c \/home\/cpuser\/my-custom-php.ini \/home\/cpuser\/public_html\/file.php<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\/home\/cpuser\/my-custom-php.ini<\/strong> – replace the full path and the .ini file name;
\/home\/cpuser\/public_html\/file.php<\/strong> – the file that will be executed;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the custom php.ini file will be used with each PHP command in the console, add a line in the .bash_profile<\/strong> file so that you do not need to type the file name every next time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
alias php='php -c \/home\/cpuser\/my-custom-php.ini'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\/home\/cpuser\/my-custom-php.ini – replace with the full path and the .ini file name;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you wish to work with a different PHP (cli) version, edit the line by changing the binary file path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
alias php=’\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-phpXX<\/strong>\/root\/usr\/bin\/php -c \/home\/cpuser\/my-custom-php.ini’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ea-phpXX<\/strong> – replace with the PHP version, for example \/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php72\/root\/usr\/bin\/php;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"ini
ini file for PHP directives is loaded<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: Also, if there are any irregularities in the .ini file such as unsupported directives from older PHP versions, you will get an error message in the console. For example: “Fatal error: Directive ‘allow_call_time_pass_reference’ is no longer available in PHP in Unknown on line 0”. Make sure that the .ini file’s content is intended for the current PHP version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To load the ini file with PHP modules, add in .bash_profile file the line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
export PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR=\/home\/cpuser\/.sh.phpmanager\/phpXX<\/strong>.d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/home\/cpuser\/.sh.phpmanager\/phpXX.d – replace with the path to the ini file directory;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The two ini files are loaded – my-custom-php.ini for PHP directives and php72.ini for PHP modules<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
If you are logged into the hosting account via SSH, log out and then log in again to activate this setting. You might also use this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
source ~\/.bash_profile<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The .bash_profile file settings will load every time you access your hosting account via SSH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check which .ini file is loaded with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php --ini<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This time the command result should display the custom .ini file in the Loaded Configuration File field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the command line you can set different values for certain PHP directives through the -d<\/strong> (configuration_directive=value) option. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -c \/home\/cpuser\/php.ini \/home\/cpuser\/file.php -d memory_limit=256M<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
According to the set parameters for script execution, the value for memory_limit will be 256MB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article is about: hosting services<\/a> with cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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