How to See Your PHP Configuration Settings

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Sometimes you need to see what PHP configuration settings are in effect on your server. For example, is safe_mode on or off, is magic quotes (magic_quotes_gpc) on or off, are there any disabled PHP functions (disable_functions), etc.

Just create a PHP script with the following contents …

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and upload to your server.

Navigate to that script in your browser to run it and it should display you a long list of PHP configuration values.  It will have two columns: one for local value and one column for master value.

Delete the script after you are done using it. It is a security hazard if other people can see your PHP configuration values.

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