Edit php.ini file using DirectAdmin

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I want to edit my php.ini file to allow file uploads. Running phpinfo() tells me that it is located at /usr/local/lib/php.ini. However, I am paying for hosting and can only make these changes via DirectAdmin.

How can I make the change I need to make to my PHP config using DirectAdmin?

Why do you believe you need to do anything in php.ini to upload files? — deceze, Jan 03 '16 at 15:45
@Adam I have no idea, i just bought my webhosting at a site. — , Jan 03 '16 at 15:53
@deceze because w3schools said: "In your "php.ini" file, search for the file_uploads directive, and set it to On:" , so thats why i look for it. — , Jan 03 '16 at 15:54
As Adam write if you using shared hosting, you probably can't access php.ini file — Andrey Mussatov, Jan 03 '16 at 16:47
Is it currently *disabled*? Unlikely, unless you have an extremely restrictive host. — deceze, Jan 03 '16 at 17:56
@deceze i asked it to my webhoster, and they said its on. So this problem is solved — , Jan 03 '16 at 21:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 16:06

Alternatively if the php.ini file is located on a shared host and the administrator is not willing to make changes (which often is the case) you can create a ".user.ini" file with the following settings to allow uploading of files. Just adjust the values to your requirements.

max_execution_time = value
max_input_time = value
post_max_size = value
upload_max_filesize = value
memory_limit = value

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 15:58

If you are using ubuntu server, php.ini file is found in apache2 dir

Open php ini file

sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

And change upload_max_filesize and post_max_size in order to increase uploaded file size limit.

Next restart apache server

sudo service apache2 restart

or

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now check phpinfo()

Edit php.ini file using DirectAdmin

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