Php – Using separate php.ini files per vhost in Xampp

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My web host provides separate php.ini files per web root, which is quite useful as I host some websites which require different PHP settings.

But on my dev system where I use Xampp, I can only find a single global php.ini file, which makes altering the settings per vhost quite difficult. Does anyone know if it's possible to alter the Xampp setup (or Apache / PHP?) to allow separate php.ini files per vhost? Thanks

Best Answer

There doesn't appear to be a direct XAMPP option for this. Have the tried changing the .htaccess file in the root of each vhost on your machine? From askapache.com:

in root .htaccess
SetEnv PHPRC /location/todir/containing/phpinifile

They also have some other suggestions to redirecting to a custom php.ini file.

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If not, your best shot is PHP FPM (google it).

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Apache doesn't seem to be able to do this. However, you can set the limit high globally for Apache or php-fpm and use nginx with proxy_pass or fastcgi_pass and set the per-url limit using nginx client_max_body_size directive in separate locations:

location / {
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  try_files NOT_EXISTS @proxy;
}
location = /upload.php {
  client_max_body_size 100M;
  try_files NOT_EXISTS @proxy;
}
location @proxy {
  proxy_pass http://localhost:9000/; #Apache listening on port 9000;
  # other proxy directives may be needed, e.g. to set Host headers
}

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