Showing posts with label mamp php. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mamp php. Show all posts

Sunday, April 18, 2021

How to configure settings in php on MAMP ?

 The configuration file for php is php.ini.

The file is present in /etc directory.

Open a Terminal. Change to Root user.

bash#su -s
enter password

bash# cd /etc

bash# ls -l | grep php.ini

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   72020 Apr 18 11:17 php.ini.default

bash# chmod 755 php.ini.default

Rename the file to pho.ini

mv php.ini.default

Edit the file and set the following settings if you wish too.

vi php.ini

To seach use /<word>

Userful settings

display_errors On
disaplay_start_errors - On
error_log /var/log/apache2/php_errors.log

write and quit

restart apache to reflect changes

bash#apachectl restart

Additional commands

php -v          -         version of php
php -m        -          modules installed like ssl, sockets etc.,
php -i            -        view php.ini configuration files