/var/www/vhosts/system/<subdomainname>/etc/php.ini not updated or newly generated

[B_P]

Dear all,

For one of the subdomains (sub.domain.com) of my own webspace, I changed some custom PHP settings as mentioned at http://download1.parallels.com/Ples...inistrator-guide/index.htm?fileName=69696.htm.
Actually, I added the additional directive "always_populate_raw_post_data=-1".
The subdomain is running PHP as FastCGI application (PHP5.6.6), on Apache 2.2 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS).

Normally, I would assume that when saving these settings, Plesk would automatically update the corresponding PHP ini file at /var/www/vhosts/system/sub.domain.com/etc/php.ini. However, the php.ini file is neither modified, nor touched, or regenerated.

Thus, I tried to reconfigure the whole webserver configuration files by running /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all. But even then, there is no update for this file. Looking at the modification date of other config files of this domain (e.g., /var/www/vhosts/system/sub.domain.com/conf/httpd.conf) I can see that the configuration in genereral has been updated but the specific php.ini file for this domain has not.

If I rename /var/www/vhosts/system/sub.domain.com/etc/php.ini and re-run httpdmng, no new php.ini is generated. For other subdomains, I can see that the php.ini file has been updated.

Does anybody have an idea what is wrong with this configuration update?

 

[KristianM]

Hi,

have you tried running:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/php_settings -u

Regards,
Kristian

 

[B_P]

Hi,

Hi,

have you tried running:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/php_settings -u

Regards,
Kristian

Yes, I forgot to mention that this does not change the situation.

 

[UFHH01]

Hi B_P,

if you use the command "/usr/local/psa/bin/php_settings -h", you will see, that this command has two options - the "-h" ( or "--help" string for the help display and the "-u" ( or "--update-all" ) string to "Update per-domain PHP settings of all domains in accordance with the server-wide php.ini file." ( server-wide php.ini - modifications can now be done with Plesk 12.5 over your Plesk Control Panel for each installed PHP - version at: Home > Tools & Settings > PHP-Settings > YOUR_DESIRED_PHP_VERSION - - - tab: php.ini ).


Depending to your domain - specific webserver settings, your domain - specific PHP - settings will be either written to your domain - specific PHP-FPM - configuration file for that domain/subdomain ( located at "/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/sub.domain.com.conf" ( location is for Debain/Ubuntu - based systems ), or... if you don't use PHP-FPM, then your domain - specific PHP.ini at "/var/www/vhosts/system/sub.domain.com/etc/php.ini" will be updated.

If there was no change at all, when you modified your domain - specific PHP - settings over the Plesk Control Panel at "Home > Domains > sub.domain.com > PHP-Settings", please consider to switch on the "debug - log - level" for your Plesk Control Panel

How to enable/disable debug logging in Plesk 11.5 and up? ( KB - article 120 101 )​

... so that investigations at your Plesk Control Panel - error-log ( /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log ) are easier.

 

[B_P]

Hi B_P,

if you use the command "/usr/local/psa/bin/php_settings -h", you will see, that this command has two options - the "-h" ( or "--help" string for the help display and the "-u" ( or "--update-all" ) string to "Update per-domain PHP settings of all domains in accordance with the server-wide php.ini file." ( server-wide php.ini - modifications can now be done with Plesk 12.5 over your Plesk Control Panel for each installed PHP - version at: Home > Tools & Settings > PHP-Settings > YOUR_DESIRED_PHP_VERSION - - - tab: php.ini ).


Depending to your domain - specific webserver settings, your domain - specific PHP - settings will be either written to your domain - specific PHP-FPM - configuration file for that domain/subdomain ( located at "/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/sub.domain.com.conf" ( location is for Debain/Ubuntu - based systems ), or... if you don't use PHP-FPM, then your domain - specific PHP.ini at "/var/www/vhosts/system/sub.domain.com/etc/php.ini" will be updated.

If there was no change at all, when you modified your domain - specific PHP - settings over the Plesk Control Panel at "Home > Domains > sub.domain.com > PHP-Settings", please consider to switch on the "debug - log - level" for your Plesk Control Panel

How to enable/disable debug logging in Plesk 11.5 and up? ( KB - article 120 101 )​

... so that investigations at your Plesk Control Panel - error-log ( /usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log ) are easier.

Hi UFHH01,

your hint to enable debugging helped to find the issue I guess. So what I found is that Plesk assumed my server to use PHP5-FPM even though it did not. When I investigated this issue, I found the following details:
- nginx was not running, but php5-FPM was enabled and running
- The web hosting settings of the domain showed clearly that FastCGI should be used
- Since nginx was not running, the web server settings also did not show the option "process php by nginx". However, I assume that this box must have been checked for testing at some time before. I guess that it is hidden when nginx is not running but that the setting is still active in the background. Thus, in combination with php5-fpm running, I guess that Plesk got partly confused that the subdomain should use PHP5-FPM even though it was not available.