max OSX EI Cap why there are two php.ini files?

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For the mac os shipped php5.5, i find there are two php.ini files, one is in /etc/php.ini, the other is in /usr/local/etc/php/5.5

I tried phpinfo(), it points to the one in /etc/php.ini However, when i use php --ini, it shows the one in the /usr/local/etc/php/5.5

I am getting confused, which is the one that being used for php init? what's the use of the other?

This might just have been the platform you are running, for example XAMPP — , Oct 18 '16 at 01:06
One is if you run your scripts from command line using php command (cli) and another is when your scripts are run under apache — Maria Gheorghe, Oct 18 '16 at 01:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '16 at 03:41

When you call php from the CLI you can specify the path to your desired ini file with the -c flag. Any php run by your server uses the ini specified in your server configuration. If you're just looking to make sure they're both looking at the same ini file probably easiest to just tell your CLI calls to php to use the same file as your server already uses.

max OSX EI Cap why there are two php.ini files?

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