Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, Third Edition

php.ini

After you have compiled or installed PHP, you can still change its behavior with a file called php.ini. On Unix systems, the default location for this file is /usr/local/lib; on a Windows system, the default location is the Windows directory. You should find a sample php.ini file in your distribution directory, which contains factory settings. Factory settings are used if no php.ini file is used. Directives in the php.ini file come in two forms: values and flags. Value directives take the form of a directive name and a value separated by an equals sign. Possible values vary from directive to directive. Flag directives take the form of directive name and a positive or negative term separated by an equals sign. Positive terms can be