PHP ini not saving

[JelvinJS7]

i have mac OS 10.5.8, and XAMPP i think it's the newest version. i've tried to edit and save the PHP.ini file, but it says i don't have the privelage to do so. i open up privilages, and me, admin, and "everyone" has it set to "read and write".
it still won't work. please help

[EcazS]

Probably just a Mac issue...

[jacek]

Try it as root.

[JelvinJS7]

Try it as root.

What does that mean?

[Tino]

Try to edit it as the root user. That's what he means

[JelvinJS7]

Try to edit it as the root user. That's what he means

You mean, log into the admin's account on my computer?

[jacek]

You mean, log into the admin's account on my computer?

I don’t really know how OS X works, but you can try

[syntax=text]sudo nano /path/to/php.ini[/syntax]
from the terminal.