Question
PHP 7.0 short_open_tag won't enable when changed in php.ini. Required to setup software I want to use.
I’m trying to setup a web application that requires short_open_tag to be enabled in order to continue through the install wizard. I have set it to
short_open_tag=On
in php.ini, but it still shows off in phpinfo, adn the software wizard also sees it as disabled. I’m using PHP 7.0 and Apache2.
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If you use nginx you should restart fpm
sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
not a nginx server. Maybe I will save someone time)
In your home directory, create a file called info.php.
In that file, put in the following: <?php phpinfo(); ?>
Then run it in your browser, look for “Loaded Configuration File”. It should give you a path like /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini. That’s the file you need to edit. Then restart apache.
Not a stupid question at all. But yes, I did restart apache each time. I figured out that I was trying to change the value from a comment, and that much further down in the pnp.ini, the value was being set to off. So, though I was setting it to On, it was then being set back to Off.
My bad, and thanks for the effort to help.
Another question… Which php.ini file did you modify and which operating system are you using?
On Ubuntu for instance the proper file would be (i believe) /etc/php7.0/apache2/php.ini but if you have FPM or CLI versions of php installed as well there would be multiple php.ini files on your system.
might be a stupid question, but did you restart apache?