7.5.3 Upgrade - Where is php.ini

[postman]

I have had a lot of difficulty with 7.5.3 and I would like to know if anyone else has'upgraded' and found that /etc/php.ini no longer exists. I cannot work it out? PHP is working and some of my sites are working but 1 (which relies on mambo) is not working as I need to amend the php.ini file - which I cannot find?

Does anyone here know where it might now be? I have done a search for php.ini on the box and it finds the plesk admin one and another older one in a Zend folder which is obviously not being used any more.

Please help,
jonny

 

[Cranky]

Create a phpinfo file:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then open that in a browser. It will tell you the location in there.

 

[postman]

I have done that and it says that it is looking in /etc for it.
But the php.ini is not actually there?! I have even restarted apache - the php.ini is not there but it still says that in phpinfo - I'm pretty confused but i need to solve this ASAP? Any more ideas?

 

[MaRiOs]

login from ssh as root and try "locate php.ini

 

[postman]

strangist thing!
I uploaded the old php.ini into /etc/ and restarted the server and now everything is working fine (after my hosting company themselves took care of the plesk upgrade issues).

I have only been using Plesk for a few months and I will never upgrade again - it is far too risky and buggy.

And even though it has been *successully* upgraded there are still features in Plesk not working e.g. error messages in Migration Manager and not any new features that I can see!

 

[MaRiOs]

i m useing plesk since the beggining of the month and did updates 2 times and everything worked fine...

 

[editor]

Originally posted by postman
I have had a lot of difficulty with 7.5.3 and I would like to know if anyone else has'upgraded' and found that /etc/php.ini no longer exists. I cannot work it out? PHP is working and some of my sites are working but 1 (which relies on mambo) is not working as I need to amend the php.ini file - which I cannot find?

Does anyone here know where it might now be? I have done a search for php.ini on the box and it finds the plesk admin one and another older one in a Zend folder which is obviously not being used any more.

Please help,
jonny

There are 2 php.ini

/etc/php.ini
/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini

 

[GwaiLo]

Hi,

If you still have a backup from pre-installation, I suggest you take it and place it in /etc/.

phpinfo(); is correct, it is looking in /etc/ for a php.ini but it's simply not finding it. PHP will use all defaults for that version of PHP in lieu of a php.ini file.

Once you place a php.ini file in /etc/ it will start working and you can get back to work right away

 

[editor]

Originally posted by GwaiLo
If you still have a backup from pre-installation, I suggest you take it and place it in /etc/.

I would suggest to find out, why SW-Soft has stolen the
php.ini by the fake "upgrade". You cannot say, that this is
an "upgrade" if someone manipulate and destroy the
the /etc/php.ini. That's hacking and to hack a computer is
criminal.

It is the same, if I would ask YOU - GwaiLo - to update my
WinXP and you delete the win.ini. And at the same time you
take the mickey out of me, because it was "only an upgrade".
Suddenly, I come then here in this forum and begin to write
with words "I have had a lot of difficulty with..." and "I would like
to know if anyone else has upgraded'" and especially to ask
then "Does anyone here know where my win.ini might now be?"

phpinfo(); is correct, it is looking in /etc/ for a php.ini but it's simply not finding it. PHP will use all defaults for that version of PHP in lieu of a php.ini file. Once you place a php.ini file in /etc/ it will start working and you can get back to work right away [/B]

This is not the job of the user to repair the hack of SW-Soft.

 

[GwaiLo]

Originally posted by editor
I would suggest to find out, why SW-Soft has stolen the
php.ini by the fake "upgrade". You cannot say, that this is
an "upgrade" if someone manipulate and destroy the
the /etc/php.ini. That's hacking and to hack a computer is
criminal.

It is the same, if I would ask YOU - GwaiLo - to update my
WinXP and you delete the win.ini. And at the same time you
take the mickey out of me, because it was "only an upgrade".
Suddenly, I come then here in this forum and begin to write
with words "I have had a lot of difficulty with..." and "I would like
to know if anyone else has upgraded'" and especially to ask
then "Does anyone here know where my win.ini might now be?"



This is not the job of the user to repair the hack of SW-Soft.

I'm honestly not sure what I said to deserve such a personal and vitriolic response.

My post was merely explaining to the original poster how PHP was still working (which they asked, and no-one else had answered) and also how to resolve the problem.

In no way did I suggest that the plesk upgrading it was a good thing or the original posters fault, so I would please ask you to contain yourself and perhaps think a little before launching into such a tirade again.

Kind Regards

 

[editor]

I can explain it very well, of course. For more than 3 weeks,
I have to fix everyday another "bug" or "hack" which was
produced by SW-Soft. Everyday, I am busy between 10-14 hours
only with this **** of SW-Soft. Everyday, this means from monday
to sunday. At the same time, SW-Soft does not pay for all the
repairings which they have produced. It is unfair by you to ask
to calm down, if SW-Soft hacks the Plesk-Server while the user
has to be the fullidiot with making unpayed extra-work to repair
all this hacking and bugs of SW-Soft.

Of course, I see your good-will and that you try to explain HOW
TO FIX this php.ini-problem. That's wonderful, sure. The
difference between you and me is, that I also want to know HOW
THIS COULD HAPPEN, that suddenly php.ini was blowed away
and you ignore this. If someone hack an online-bank, then you
surely want to know how this could happen and what exactly
the hackers did. But if it is Plesk, then you don't seem to be
interested in it. But it is ok, I accept your opinion.

See also the side of the client. The client says to the admin,
that the admin is responsible for a running system. Some bugs
can always be anywhere, but no hacks please. The client is then
the person who says to the admin "notta my problem, you re
the admin" and the admin has to fix the hacks and bugs of
SW-Soft. And SW-Soft? They do not post here to give a
minimum help to repair the damage what they have done to
so many Plesk-Admins. They hide their head in the sand
alike an ostrich does it before the elephants will come.

I saw the site of "postman" Jonny. He is a smart boy and simple
clicked to the upgrade-button to upgrade from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 as
all the Plesk-admins do it. And now look to all his reports of
all the failures as so many other Plesk-admin posted here.

 

[postman]

Thanks you all your replies - things are much clearer to me now - thanks for explaining that in the absence of php.ini a default set of options are used - this must have been what was happening. My provider performed the upgrade manually themselves but obviously this blew away the php.ini file - when I placed it back there myself from a backup things got pretty much back to normal so thanks for the help.

To GwaiLo, I think editor's frustration with SWSoft has boiled over a little and I don't think he intended to cause you offence - i think the main thing is that we are all frustrated and suffering due to SWSoft releasing this 'upgrade' - lets all be friends and keep talking so we can help others in this same situation.

One last point - even though Plesk is upgraded to 7.5.3 for me there are still features which are not working e.g. Migration manager - due to errors.

Once again thanks to all of you who help!
jonny

 

[editor]

GwaiLo + postman. Ok, I will pay the beer.

 

[MaRiOs]

if it's about beers count me in ;p

 

[editor]

You can come if you bring with red wine from Greek. Big box of
original bavarian beer is already here. This greek wine is
familiar with Plesk, because both have red color and both
make drunken. And sometimes - in front of the buggy and
hacked Plesk-Server - a rush will be very healthy.

BTW: Did you know, that Olga K. from Novosibirsk - who works
for Plesk - has the same lipstick-color like the red Plesk-Logo?
I bet, that her panties and bra are also plesk-red. She still
waits for my plesk-red flowers which I promised to send her to
Novosibirsk. But I am sceptic and there might also be a bug, ya
know my sarcasm. ;-)

cheers

 

[MaRiOs]

Red wine of course,as much as u want or can take ;pppp

Cool about these red things i didnt knew it ;pp

 

[editor]

Wonderful. Has there ever been a usermeeting of plesk-users?

 

[MaRiOs]

Here in Greece ? i dont know lol
I started using plesk as i began in this new job, that is since 5th of May ;p

so Im so newbie to know.