PHP.ini

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Below are instructions for using your own modified version of php.ini on a domain called "example.com". DreamHost technical support does not recommend, and will provide no support for this method. Follow these instructions at your own risk.

Contents

Create a cgi-bin folder for your domain 

mkdir $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin

Copy the default php.ini file 

cp /etc/php5/php.ini $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin/php.ini

Make modifications to this file as necessary. Note that some variables (in particular, post_max_size and upload_max_filesize) are subject to internal limitations; increasing them significantly beyond the default values will not work correctly.

Create the script wrapper 

cat << EOF > $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin/php-wrapper.cgi
#!/bin/sh
exec /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi $*
EOF

Set permissions 

chmod 755 $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin
chmod 755 $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin/php-wrapper.cgi
chmod 640 $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin/php.ini

Set up the .htaccess file

The .htaccess file is located in your document root at $HOME/example.com/.htaccess.

Add this to run .php files with your custom PHP wrapper: 

Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.cgi
Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.cgi

You can now modify $HOME/example.com/cgi-bin/php.ini to your heart's content!

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