I recently had a problem with the "upload max size"... the limit was 2mb, SuEXEC is on, and PHP is Fast-CGI well, firstly I tried to change the config in Sites>Web Domain>Options>Custom php.ini settings, i wrote: upload_max_filesize = 20M post_max_size = 20M and i restarted the apache (/etc/init.d/apache2 restart) but nothing happened... then i tried to change this values in .htaccess: php_value post_max_size 20M php_value upload_max_filesize 20M i don´t know why, but i restarted again the apache... and nothing happened again... then i edited the file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini , restarted again... And WORKS!!!! My question is: how do I make work the settings in "Custom php.ini settings"????
The problem is that you use the wrong php mode. mod_php should not be used anymore as it is insecure because all sites run under the smae user and it does not support a custom php.ini file. Just leve php settings at their defaults when you create a nwe website (php.fcgi + suexec on) then the scripts of the site run securely under their own user, you are able to upload files with php into the site without the need to do any changemods and you can use custom php.ini settings.
but i don´t chose "mod-php", as I described above, I used Fast-CGI. and suexec ON. That is, I used the default settings...
But you wrote that changing the file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini had an effect, this file is used by mod_php only, it is not used by php-fcgi nor by php-fpm mode. So your website must be using mod_php at the moment. Add a phpinfo() file in the website and check which php handler is used.
Server API: CGI/FastCGI Loaded Configuration File /var/www/conf/webXX/php.ini Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php5/cgi And at the end of "/var/www/conf/webXX/php.ini" are the lines included the ispconfig...
Thats ok so far. But then the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini could not had any impact. Maybe you uploaded a file with phpmyadmin or webmail? phpmyadmin and webmail are not installed in a website, they are installed globally and use mod_php.
... till.... thank you... perfectly correct ... I was only testing with webmail and did not even realize. I did other tests, and really, everything is working perfectly. thanks again for your great help.
