Chapter 5. PHP Configuration

When you work with LAMP technologies, there are very few things that influence your coding decisions more than how PHP is configured. The backbone of any PHP installation is the configuration file, php.ini. The settings found in this file can greatly affect how you code your applications, how well the server performs, and even how secure it is. This chapter tells you what settings to look for and change in order to improve your PHP installation and provides you with a set of scripts to automatically prepare your PHP environment and configuration settings to your liking.

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