PHP info

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.
• the values that are currently applied to your server's PHP install, e.g. File upload limits
• that you have installed the required modules needed for Moodle to work, e.g. the LDAP module for LDAP authentication.

Displaying phpinfo in Moodle

To view the phpinfo information:

• In Moodle version 1.7 or greater, choose Location: Administration > Server > PHP info

Displaying phpinfo outside of Moodle

To view the phpinfo information:

• Create a file called info.php using your text editor, containing this single line:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

• Save this file as info.php
• Upload this file into the root web accessible folder on your server.
• Now open this file in your browser. For example http://<server-name>/info.php.

Sample output

This is a sample output displayed.

http://www.php.net =PHP Version 4.3.3=

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.

See also

• PHP reference describing the core PHP.INI directives
• PHP FAQ