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How to find and edit PHP configuration files in Plesk for a domain or for global PHP handler

Question

Where are php.ini files (PHP configuration files) for a domain or global PHP handler located on the Plesk server? And how to edit them?

Answer

Note: If one of the menus or options is not available on your Plesk installation, please contact your server's administrator or hosting provider support, account access is limited.

Edit PHP configuration for one domain
1. Login to Plesk
2. By clicking Domains > example.com > PHP Settings > View the phpinfo() page it is possible to see all the PHP configuration for this domain.
3. To edit it, just configure the required options in Domains > example.com > PHP Settings and add all the required PHP settings:
Edit php.ini for all domains
1. Login to Plesk
2. Global PHP handler configuration file is stored in Tools and Settings > PHP Settings > click on a PHP handler > php.ini tab:
3. Edit the required options and click OK
Note: Some of the options may be hidden by Plesk administrator. Upgrade to the latest Plesk version to be able to edit these options in Plesk interface.
Editing PHP configuration via Service Plan for multiple domains
If it is required to make changes for few subscriptions, it is easy to do via Service Plan.
1. Assign all the required subscriptions in Service Plans
2. Go to PHP Settings and after changing them click Update & Sync.

Using SSH/RDP for old Plesk versions.

It is required to connect to the server using SSH or RDP connection

PHP uses different configuration files depending on a handler type. When the changes are made in the web interface, the following configuration files on a server are updated on Linux:

Domain's php.ini

It depends on that PHP Handler is set in Plesk > Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings:

Nginx + PHP-FPM by OS vendor:

Domain's php.ini: /etc/php*/fpm/fpm.d/example.com.conf (for Ubuntu) or /etc/php-fpm.d/example.com.conf (for Centos)

Global PHP handler (system PHP): /etc/php.ini
Nginx + PHP-FPM supplied with Plesk:

Domain's php.ini: /opt/plesk/php/<php_verion>/etc/php-fpm.d/example.com.conf

Global PHP handler: /opt/plesk/php/<php_verion>/etc/php.ini
Apache + FastCGI:

Domain's php.ini: /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/etc/php.ini
Apache + PHP_mod:

Domain's php.ini: /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/conf/httpd.conf

Global php.ini

Any PHP by OS vendor

Global PHP handler (system PHP): /etc/php.ini
Any PHP version by Plesk:

Global PHP handler: /opt/plesk/php/<php_verion>/etc/php.ini

Windows

All the PHP configuration files are stored in "%plesk_dir%"/Additional/PHP*

Domain's php.ini file is being generated after any changes in PHP settings and can be found by the following path C:Inetpubvhostsexample.comhttpdocs.user.ini