Revision as of 23:06, 23 August 2007

The phpinfo display contains information about the configuration of your PHP installation. This is useful for checking:

that your PHP installation meets Moodle's system requirements.
that you have installed the required modules needed for Moodle to work, e.g. the LDAP module for LDAP authentication.

Displaying phpinfo

To view the phpinfo information:

In Moodle version 1.7 or greater, choose Site Administration -> Server -> PHP info.
Create a file called info.php using your text editor, containing this single line:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

This is a sample output displayed:

System	Windows NT MYLAPTOP0106 5.1 build 2600
Build Date	Aug 24 2003 22:01:16
Server API	Apache
Virtual Directory Support	enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path	C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
PHP API	20020918
PHP Extension	20020429
Zend Extension	20021010
Debug Build	no
Thread Safety	enabled
Registered PHP Streams	php, http, ftp, compress.zlib

... This output goes on for about 5 pages.

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-Sample output of a file called info.php that contains the single line:
+The phpinfo display contains information about the configuration of your PHP installation. This is useful for checking:
+* that your PHP installation meets Moodle's system requirements.
+* that you have installed the required modules needed for Moodle to work, e.g. the LDAP module for LDAP authentication.
-  '''<?php phpinfo(); ?>'''
+==Displaying phpinfo==
+To view the phpinfo information:
+* In Moodle version 1.7 or greater, choose Site Administration -> Server -> PHP info.
+* Create a file called info.php using your text editor, containing this single line:
+ <?php phpinfo(); ?>
+==Sample output==
+This is a sample output displayed:
 <table border="0" cellpadding="3" width="600">