Re: Php.ini file missing

hi michael, to create the directory and file, you'll need to run the terminal application. from there, type sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib to create the necessary directory. you should get prompted for a password. type your own password. you need to do this from an administrator account. the first account created during the install process is an administrator account. are you sure you don't have a copy of php.ini on your system? try locate php.ini from the terminal window. if there is one, you can copy it to the /usr/local/lib directory. sudo cp php.ini /usr/local/lib/ if you don't have one, you can download the distribution from php.net and copy php.ini-dist from there to /usr/local/lib and rename it sudo mv php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini anyone know a better way to just get php.ini? a couple great sites for macosx http://www.stepwise.com http://macosxhints.com hope this helps, mike on 1/13/02 6:03 PM, Michael Sciascia at msciascia@mac.com wrote: > Hi, > I am new to this list and also to php and I am sorry to already bother you > with a question you might find really stupid, but I looked around for this > information several days now and I couldn't find some good resources. > > I installed php 4.1.0 on Mac OS X 10.1.2 and everything seems to work well, > also with mySQL and Apache. > > I am learning php from a book for beginners full of explanations and > scripts, so in the last days I wrote some scripts which make possible to > send e-mails filling a form on the browser. The scripts worked out well, but > I haven't been able to read the e-mails and understand where I should be > able to. > > I believed I had to change the SMTP settings of php or some sort of mail > server in the system and reading some articles found in several web sites I > think the solution would be to change some settings in the "php.ini" file. > > The build I downloaded doesn't have any "php.ini" file and in the faq > section of the website from where I downloaded it > (http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/) there is simply written to > create the "php.ini" file in the "/usr/local/lib/php.ini", including the > intermediate /lib/ directory that doesn't exist already on my system. > > I would like to know how I can create the "php.ini" file or if there is a > easier way to get and read the e-mails sent by the php scripts without > working on the php configuration. > > I am sorry to disturb you all, but I don't have any experience and I haven't > been able to find anything clear about this question. > > I would really appreciate if you could give me some tips or some web site's > addresses where I can find easy information, or where I can download a copy > of the "php.ini" file. > > I thank you in advance for the kindness and the attention. > > > Greetings, > Michael > -- mike cullerton michaelc at cullerton dot com