“Save” on php.ini file doesn’t stick

  • Can someone please address this question for me?

    I have a WAMP 4.9.7 local install.
    I opened the php.ini file in the apache2.4.33/bin folder and changed the max_upload_filesize setting so I could upload files that exceed the 2M default.

    Every time I do this, save the file, and reload WAMP, that setting I saved reverts back to the default. The other php.ini files in the wamp/php folder don’t do this.

    One odd thing, here: When I look at the php.ini file in question in the editor, it reads as php.ini; however, when I look at the file listing in file manager, it shows the file as a “.symlink” type.

    Any help is appreciated.

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  • Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    Load the phpinfo() page from the WAMP panel, and find the “Loaded Configuration File” row (it’s near the top). That’s the file you should be editing.

    Thread Starter adhdcelt

    (@adhdcelt)

    Yep.
    That’s the one.
    Done this many times over the years.
    Always worked.
    Don’t get it.
    This is simple, chimpanzee stuff:

    Open the php.ini file,
    change upload_max_filesize to 20M,
    change post_max_size to 25M,
    memory_limit is already set to 128M,
    save the file.
    From there, everything I do fails.

    Attempt song file upload through audio widget.
    Warning:
    “American BluesTrack01Various.mp3 exceeds the maximum upload size for this site.”
    Song is 6.72M. WordPress says max upload size is 2M.

    Log out of WP,
    Log back in,
    Attempt upload: Same message. WordPress says max upload size is 2M.

    Close WAMP,
    Reload WAMP,
    Attempt upload: Same message. WordPress says max upload size is 2M.

    Here’s the kicker:
    Reopen php.ini,
    The settings I changed are back to the default:
    upload_max_filesize is 2M,
    post_max_size is 8M.
    Does this every time.

    As I mentioned in the original post: Somehow, after I change and save the php.ini file, it always reverts back to the defaults when I exit and reload WAMP.

    I’ve never seen this. Why does the php.ini file revert to defaults?

    Thanks for your insights.

    Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    If PHP is being loaded as an Apache module (mod_php), it’s possible that PHP is being reset by something in your Apache configuration. Check httpd.conf and your .htaccess files to verify this isn’t happening.

    Are you restarting Apache/PHP after making the changes?

    Thread Starter adhdcelt

    (@adhdcelt)

    Hey, Dion:
    Thanks again for taking a look at this.

    I checked httpd.conf and didn’t see anything that looked obvious. Alas, I’m not much up to speed on what I’d be lookin’ for, but I know enough to dig.

    I searched the httpd.conf file for “php” and “mod_php” and didn’t find anything that looked obvious. Same thing in the .htaccess files.

    Am I restarting “Apache/PHP” after making changes?
    Well, I don’t know. I don’t know how to do that by itself. However, whenever I Exit WAMP and restart it, I always wait for the little WAMP icon thingy in the taskbar to go from Red to Orange to Green, then I click on it to open the WAMP panel and select “Start All Services.”

    Does that start “Apache/PHP”?

    This has got me. It’s almost got to be a setting somewhere; however, when I set up this site, I just installed WAMP like I always have and done nothing to it except open the php.ini and change these values, like I always have. Strange.

    I’m gonna reload all the core WAMP files and see if that does any good.

    I appreciate any help anyone has to offer, here.

    Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    You might want to ask for help on the WAMPserver forum:

    https://forum.wampserver.com/list.php?2

    Thread Starter adhdcelt

    (@adhdcelt)

    Thanks, Dion.
    I’ll do that.

    Thread Starter adhdcelt

    (@adhdcelt)

    PROBLEM SOLVED.
    Thanks again, Dion, for pointing me to the WAMP forum. That should have been the first place I looked.

    DUH!

    To solve the problem:
    Start WAMP server.
    Wait for the WAMP icon in the taskbar to turn green.
    Left click on the icon.
    Select PHP, php settings, upload_max_filesize,
    Then change it.
    This changes the setting in php.ini.

    Lots of other stuff you can change here as well.
    In all the time I’ve worked with WAMP, I never knew how to do this.
    No longer any need to edit the php.ini file manually.
    How ’bout that?

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