Re: New to mac and trying to define a php.ini file.

On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > Hi. > > Where do I put my php.ini file for a MacBook Air? I've only had it 2 > days and having trouble with the date.timezone setting. > Open terminal type php -i search for php.ini you will find it in /etc where is should be on unix. If you want to keep php up to date and are on Snow (10.6) or Lion (10.7) go to http://php-osx.liip.ch/ > I've also had to install xampp (recommended - no idea about it) for > Apache with PHP. > Why did you do that? All you had to do was to edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to turn on php (and don't forget to tu6n on apache via prefs->sharing->websharing > Different versions of PHP now installed. > > Default from command line is PHP 5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) > (built: Sep 8 2011 19:34:00) > > The one that XAMPP installed is 5.3.1 and I've found the ini file for > this is in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini > > How, can or should I upgrade my PHP to a later release? Oh the joy of > Windows Binaries!!!! You are on unix. Stuff is usually where it is supposed to be. Tom