Where is PHP.ini in Mac OS X Lion? Thought it was in /usr/local/php5/lib

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Orun picture Orun · Feb 18, 2012 · Viewed 437.1k times · Source

I wanted to run some PHP right on my Mac, uncommented httpd.conf, activated web sharing, installed MySQL etc. I can't seem to find my PHP files, most importantly, PHP.ini.

On my old machine it was located in /usr/local/php5/lib But php5 directory doesn't exist in /usr/local..

Do I need to get a package or am I looking in the incorrect place?

Running OS X 10.7.3, PHP 5.3.8, Apache/2.2.21

Answer

rkmax picture rkmax · Feb 18, 2012

To locate the ini file on your machine, open Terminal.app and run the following command:

php --ini

If you need a template for Lion, try this.

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