I am trying to run some PHP pages on the command line but am running into a few problems with mysql and other PHP extensions.
Running php --ini produces the following output:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/lib Loaded Configuration File: (none) Scan for additional .ini files in: (none) Additional .ini files parsed: (none) When I run php on the command line it cannot find my php.ini file. This is because the path is incorrect. My php.ini is actually located in /etc/php.ini as stated in my phpinfo(); file. PHP runs fine in the browser.
How do I change the path of my php.ini file for command line PHP?
I am running Apache2 (CentOS-5.5) and PHP 5.2.6.
2 Answers
Using the -c option, you can specify which php.ini file should be used :
php -c /etc/php.ini your-php-script.php
As a reference, see the output of php --help :
$ php --help Usage: php [options] [-f] <file> [--] [args...] php [options] -r <code> [--] [args...] php [options] [-B <begin_code>] -R <code> [-E <end_code>] [--] [args...] php [options] [-B <begin_code>] -F <file> [-E <end_code>] [--] [args...] php [options] -- [args...] php [options] -a -a Run as interactive shell -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory -n No php.ini file will be used -d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value 'bar' ... First update your sloacate database by using the command updatedb
Then try to locate php.ini file by using the command php --ini
I hope it'll update the slocate database and it will display the ini files loaded path.
[root@tamilan src]# php --ini Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php.ini Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php.d Additional .ini files parsed: /etc/php.d/apc.ini, To run php with customized or other php.ini file use the below method
php -c /etc/php.ini your-php-script-file.php 
