Custom PHP Settings

By cyclonecode

Description

This plugin can be used to customize PHP settings for your WordPress installation.

The plugin will modify either the .htaccess file or .user.ini file in order to change the current PHP settings directly from within the settings page.

Since the configuration file needs to be modified, this file must be writable for this plugin to work as expected.

When PHP is running as an Apache module, the .htaccess file will be used to set customized settings; make sure this file exists and is writable by the webserver.

If PHP is running in CGI/Fast-CGI mode, then a custom INI file will be used. The name of this file depends on the value of user_ini.filename in the PHP configuration, by default it is .user.ini. The custom INI file should be placed under the root folder and must be writable by the webserver.

Make sure that your .user.ini file is blocked by your webserver. If you are running NGINX, this can be done by adding a specific configuration to your server setup.

The settings table will display all non-system PHP settings that can be customized by the plugin. All modified settings will be displayed in red in this table.

Some settings might be displayed in red because they are changed somewhere else, perhaps through a customized php.ini file, by WordPress itself, a plugin, or in some other way.

The premium version adds support for creating multiple named configurations which all can hold their own custom PHP settings. You will then be able to easily switch between the different configurations applying them to your configuration file.

In the premium version, when running PHP as an Apache module and using an .htaccess file for configuration, you are able to add custom environment variables. These will be accessible by using the super global $_SERVER array.

A complete list of settings that can be modified can be found in the PHP documentation.

Make sure you know how a value should be configured and what different settings do before changing anything. This is important since some settings might render your page inaccessible, depending on what value you are using.

If you run into any trouble, do not hesitate to add a new topic under the support section.