Custom PHP configuration

If you want to customize the settings of your PHP Installation you should never edit the php.ini file inside the PHP directory. This file will not survive updates!

Always create your own custom configuration files inside the configuration scan directory %PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR%.

By default %PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR% is set to ~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli;~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli\conf.d;.

• Your custom php.ini should be put into ~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli
• You can put custom .ini files into ~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli\conf.d
• You can create as many .ini files in ~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli\conf.d as you like
• The ~\scoop\apps\php\current\cli directory is a symlink to ~\scoop\persist\php\cli, so it survives updates

Some examples .ini files

Custom settings custom.ini

Some basic settings like the timezone and limits

date.timezone = Europe/Berlin
max_execution_time = 60
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 128M
upload_max_filesize = 128M

Debugging debug.ini

Enabling debugging

display_errors = On
display_startup_errors = On
error_reporting = E_ALL
html_errors = Off

Using Xdebug xdebug.ini

Install Xdebug via scoop bucket add extras and scoop install php-xdebug.

zend_extension=C:\Users\<user>\scoop\apps\php-xdebug\current\php_xdebug.dll
[xdebug]
xdebug.remote_enable=on
xdebug.remote_autostart=on
xdebug.remote_connect_back=on

Enabling PHP modules extensions.ini

Take a look inside the php.ini to know what is available.

extension_dir=ext

extension=bz2
extension=curl
extension=fileinfo
extension=gd2
;extension=gettext
;extension=gmp
extension=intl
;extension=imap
;extension=interbase
;extension=ldap
extension=mbstring
extension=exif      ; Must be after mbstring as it depends on it
;extension=mysqli
;extension=oci8_12c  ; Use with Oracle Database 12c Instant Client
;extension=odbc
extension=openssl
;extension=pdo_firebird
extension=pdo_mysql
;extension=pdo_oci
;extension=pdo_odbc
extension=pdo_pgsql
extension=pdo_sqlite
extension=pgsql
;extension=shmop

; The MIBS data available in the PHP distribution must be installed.
; See http://www.php.net/manual/en/snmp.installation.php
;extension=snmp

;extension=soap
;extension=sockets
;extension=sodium
extension=sqlite3
;extension=tidy
;extension=xmlrpc
;extension=xsl

Setup Curl and Openssl cacert.ini

Install cacert.pem via scoop install cacert and configure curl and openssl to use the cacert.pem.

[curl]
curl.cainfo="C:\Users\<user>\scoop\apps\cacert\current\cacert.pem"
[openssl]
openssl.cafile="C:\Users\<user>\scoop\apps\cacert\current\cacert.pem"
openssl.capath="C:\Users\<user>\scoop\apps\cacert\current\cacert.pem"

Tip: You can use git to store your configurations