php-settings.rst

PHP settings

Finding the correct PHP.INI

To make sure you are editing the correct PHP.INI settings file, create a PHP file (e.g. info.php) in your nada website folder with the following contents:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Open the phpinfo page in your web browser and you should see output similar to below screenshot. Edit the php.ini file displayed by the setting Loaded Configuration File.

File upload limits

By default PHP allows uploads of 2MB which could be a problem if you have large DDIs and external resource files. To change the settings:

1. Edit the php.ini file in notepad and look for the setting upload_max_filesize

2. The line should look like:

   ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
   ; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
   upload_max_filesize = 2M
   

3. Change it to the required file upload limit per your needs

   upload_max_filesize = 50M
   

4. There is another setting that MUST be changed as well for the file upload limits to work. Look for the configuration post_max_size and change it to match the value for upload_max_filesize:

   post_max_size = 50M
   

TimeZone settings

This is for setting the timezone for your application. To findout what is the correct timezone for your website, go to http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php and find your country/city.

Example:

date.timezone = "America/New_York"

Increase page execution/timeout

This setting controls the maximum execution time of a page in seconds.

max_execution_time = 300

Increase PHP memory limit

It controls the memory available to PHP scripts.

memory_limit = 128M

Enable/disable PHP extensions

NADA requires the following PHP extensions:

• xsl
• mbstring
• mysql or sqlsrv

To enable XSL extension, add this line:

extension=php_xsl.dll

To enable mbstring:

extension=php_mbstring.dll