Finding php.ini on my website?

[bachx]

I'm having trouble finding the php.ini file on my website (It's running a Unix server). I know it's located at /usr/bin/php, but how can I access the /usr/bin/ folder? Do I need shell access? And can that be done through cPanel? Thanks in advance.

[matto]

This is a quick and dirty way of doing it

 

<?php
//path to php.ini
$ini_path = "/etc/php.ini";

echo "<pre>";
system("cat $ini_path");
echo "</pre>";
?>

 

You will need to change the path to your php.ini

 

 

[matto]

Forgot to mention - if you need to make edits to it then yes you will need shell access (probably as the root user) - not too sure about cpanel....

 

 

 

[bachx]

I still need to access the original file. The problem is that shell access isn't enabled on my server.

[matto]

I suppose no matter how you look at - if you need to change the php.ini file you are going to require root user permissions. I would recommend contacting your host provider....

 

Good luck...