Setting Your PHP Settings in Command Line

Sometimes you may need to make changes to the PHP settings when executing a PHP file from the command line. We will show you how to find the php.ini file and modify a PHP setting in the summon line using the widely accepted ways in this article. If you are not using the summon line, you have the option to modify your PHP settings using cPanel.

Specify the php.ini File in Command Line

• Connect to your server using SSH.
• You can specify the php.ini file in command line by using the following syntax:

php -c [Path to php.ini file] [Path to .php file]

For example:

php -c /home/userna5/public_html/php.ini /home/userna5/public_html/example.php

Now the example.php file will run, with the limitations set in the php.ini file located here: /home/userna5/public_html

Change PHP settings

• Connect to your server using SSH.
• You can specify php.ini settings in command line with this syntax:

php -c [Path to php.ini file] [Path to .php file] -d [PHP setting]

For example:

php -c /home/userna5/public_html/php.ini /home/userna5/public_html/example.php -d memory_limit=256M

In this example, you can see I am setting the memory limit to 256 Megabytes. Here are some other PHP settings that are often modified:

max_execution_time

max_input_time

upload_max_filesize