How to locate the php.ini file (xampp)

I am using xamppserver for PHP development and want to edit the php.ini file; where can I locate it?

For Windows, you can find the file in the C:\xampp\php\php.ini-Folder (Windows) or in the etc-Folder (within the xampp-Folder).

Under Linux, most distributions put lampp under /opt/lampp, so the file can be found under /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini.

It can be edited using a normal Text-Editor.

Clarification:

Xampp (X (for "some OS"), Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP)
Lampp (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP)

in this context, they can be substituted for one another.

Write the following inside phpini_path.php( or AnyNameAsYouLike.php) and run it in the browser.

<?php phpinfo();?>

Among various other parameters you'll get Loaded Configuration File parameter which value is the path of php.ini on the server.

The location of php.ini depends on server operating system:

Windows (With Xampp Installation):

/xampp/php/php.ini

macOS, OS X:

/private/etc/php.ini

Linux:

/etc/php.ini
/usr/bin/php5/bin/php.ini
/etc/php/php.ini
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

In MacOS : /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini

If you have multiple php-versions (xampp etc) running, I find the easiest is to use:

php --ini

from the command line. In windows: either after you click Shell in xampp, or directly in the regular cmd to find the "global" version of php. With global I mean the version referenced to by your environment variables.

How to locate the php.ini file (xampp)

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