Where do you put a custom php.ini file?

[webslingers]

I have searched and searched for this information. I did find out that to get around the 2mb php limit set by the servers php.ini file, a custom php.ini file can be made and placed into the directory somewhere in 4images. This sounds perfect. The problem is I don't know where to put the php.ini file that I will make. And what does go into this php.ini file? Should I copy the php.ini file from my main server and just change the upload things and save it in the directory somewhere?

So my main 2 questions are:

1. Where do I put my custom php.ini file to make uploads larger than 2mb work?
2. What exactly do I put into my php.ini file? (the whole php.ini or?)

Thanks everyone,

Frank

[Acidgod]

Try this...

http://www.karakas-online.de/EN-Book/change-php-parameters.html

[webslingers]

Thanks for the link, however it didn't work for me. It gave me "500" error.

I have seen on this board where people have placed a custom php.ini file somewhere and it worked for them. I need to know what goes in that php.ini file and where it needs to be placed to work for 4images.

Thanks Acidgod.

[Acidgod]

want have you put in the .htaccess?

[webslingers]

Since I know nothing about .htaccess I put the following line into it. (it was blank)

php_value memory_limit "16M"

 
What format should I use for that file? Is there more that needs to be in there for it to work?

Thank you.

[Acidgod]

try without the ""

[V@no]

1) I've never heard about custom php.ini feature.
2) it might be that your host does not allow change php setting through .htaccess.
3) in any case, I think it would be better if you ask this question to your host admin...well, atleast about if pissible change php settings through .htaccess

[webslingers]

I got the idea from this post in which it seemed to work for them.

http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=1780.0

I will talk more with my host about this. If anyone has any ideas in the meantime, I'd be glad to hear them. If I were to use the .htacess method, what should my .htaccess file look like to accomplish this?

Thanks