Question

I am using the following command to check for configuration file for PHP installation.

$ php --ini

But when I press enter, it is showing no output. It just comes to a new line without showing anything. Please help me in finding which configuration file is used by my PHP installation.

Basically, I am following the method shown in this link for verifying my PEAR installation.

Answer 1

That should work – it works on my PHP 5.2.19/win32 installation – and I don’t know why it isn’t working for you, but you can get the same info by either:

• Creating a php script which contains this line – <?php phpinfo(); ?> – and loading it in a browser. This will show you a lot of information about your PHP installation, including information about the INI file(s) in use.
• Running php -i from the command line – this will give you the same information as phpinfo() through the terminal. This may not work, if php --ini is not working. You could grep the output for instances of ini, e.g. php --i | grep ini

Something else that might be worth a try is redirecting the output of php --ini to a file, e.g. php --ini > phpini.txt.

Which PHP version are you running?