Stephen Wong wrote: > I'm very new to php. Here are some basic info about my server that I > am running: > Mac OS X 10.3.7 > PHP 4.3.10 > MySQL 4.0.18 > Apache 1.3.33 > > What I want to do is host a forum on my web page. I can't seem to get > it set up, and I notice that I do not have a "php.ini" file in my /etc > directory (This is the Configuration File Path). However, I do have a > "php.ini.default" in the same directory. You don't HAVE to have a php.ini for PHP to run. PHP will simply use its default values if you have no php.ini file for it to load. And your forum software should not require it, in my opinion, but I suppose it's theoretically possible that it does. More likely, it requires specific settings to work, which is also bad. I don't *WANT* to change my php.ini on my whole site for their software to work. Often you can get around this by using an .htaccess file (just create one) in the forum directory to set whatever they need. > I seem to have two options: > 1.) rename the "php.ini.default" to plain "php.ini" and see if that > resolves it. However, I'm not sure what kind of tests can I perform > to see that it is working properly? http://php.net/phpinfo will tell you which php.ini file is loaded (or if none is loaded) and will tell you everything that is being affected by that file. If you copy php.ini.default to php.ini, it should be EXACTLY the same as it is now -- the .default settings match what PHP does if no file is there. But, of course, after you copy the file there, you can change it, and then it will make a difference. > 2.) or I can follow this tutorial at: > "http://www.dmcinsights.com/phpmysql/phpini.php"; which teaches me how > to make my own "php.ini" file. It's probably better to stick with the php.ini file that came with your VERSION of PHP. That might be the php.ini.default you see, or maybe that .default is some old left-over thing from a previous version... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
