# Php.ini & Virtual Hosts

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-ini-virtual-hosts/214160>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-ini-virtual-hosts/214160 "2011-11-23T14:21:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-ini-virtual-hosts/214160/1 "2011-11-23T14:21:58Z")

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Is it possible to define a php.ini file per virtual host. If so, how can  
it be done? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ParkerS\_Joshua](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ParkerS\_Joshua](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ParkerS_Joshua)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-ini-virtual-hosts/214160/2 "2011-11-23T14:39:20Z")

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> Is it possible to define a php.ini file per virtual host. If so, how can it be  
> done? Thanks.

To actually use different php.ini files you will have to spawn seperate  
php processes but you can achieve different settings for  
each virtualhost using a single php.ini file:

1. You can use the [HOST=yourvirtualhost] (  
[PHP: List of php.ini sections - Manual](http://php.net/manual/en/ini.sections.php) ) approach and define the  
settings directly in  
php.ini
2. You can make multiple pools in the FPM configuration (  
[PHP: Configuration - Manual](http://php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php) ) and change the  
settings via php\_flag / php\_admin\_value etc directives
3. You can pass the config changes also from nginx using fastcgi\_param  
PHP\_VALUE …
4. Can also use the .user.ini approach  
[PHP: .user.ini files - Manual](http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.per-user.php)

rr

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**Author:** ![ParkerS\_Joshua](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ParkerS\_Joshua](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ParkerS_Joshua)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-ini-virtual-hosts/214160/3 "2011-11-23T14:59:48Z")

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Thank you very much for this info.

On Wednesday, November 23, 2011, Reinis R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > Is it possible to define a php.ini file per virtual host. If so, how can  
> > it be done? Thanks.
> 
> To actually use different php.ini files you will have to spawn seperate  
> php processes but you can achieve different settings for each  
> virtualhost  
> using a single php.ini file:
> 
> 1. You can use the [HOST=yourvirtualhost] (  
> [http://php.net/manual/en/ini.sections.php](http://php.net/manual/en/ini.sections.php) ) approach and define the  
> settings directly in php.ini
> 2. You can make multiple pools in the FPM configuration (  
> [PHP: Configuration - Manual](http://php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php) ) and change the  
> settings via php\_flag / php\_admin\_value etc directives
> 3. You can pass the config changes also from nginx using fastcgi\_param  
> PHP\_VALUE …
> 4. Can also use the .user.ini approach  
> [PHP: .user.ini files - Manual](http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.per-user.php)
> 
> rr
> 
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