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PHP ini not saving

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:53 pm
by 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

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:22 pm
by EcazS
Probably just a Mac issue...

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:43 pm
by jacek
Try it as root.

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:25 pm
by JelvinJS7
jacek wrote:Try it as root.

What does that mean?

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:08 pm
by Tino
Try to edit it as the root user. That's what he means ;)

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:12 pm
by JelvinJS7
Tino wrote:Try to edit it as the root user. That's what he means ;)

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

Re: PHP ini not saving

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:26 pm
by jacek
JelvinJS7 wrote: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.