I have PHP for FastCGI installed on Windows 7 through the Web Platform Installer. I need to edit php.ini to enable logging, but I’m not able to overwrite the existing file, apparently because something has it open and/or locked.
Stopping the server in IIS Manager doesn’t help; stopping the Windows Process Activation Service and the World Wide Web Publishing Service doesn’t help. phpinfo() confirms that I’m working with the correct file (C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php.ini). It’s not marked as read only and I do have permissions for it. I’m out of ideas.
Another option is to copy the text of the file into a new file in a different location, make your changes, save the file as ‘php.ini’. Then copy the new file across overwriting the old one. Explorer may handle the permissions differently.