php.ini updates not reflected in phpinfo() output

Question

I am trying to update memory_limit in php.ini, but I don't see the value updated in phpinfo(). Here is the ini file path info from phpinfo():

Configuration File (php.ini) Path:  /etc
Loaded Configuration File:  /etc/php.ini

Updated /etc/php.ini and then ran:

systemctl restart httpd

I tried updating other values in ini file to see if anything gets updated, but nothing does.

I am on an AWS EC2 linux instance with wordpress.

Do you have a php-fpm service running? If so, you need to restart that. Restarting apache only helps if you are running the apache module mod_php (which is not the default these days) — Michael Berkowski, Feb 03 '21 at 16:58
That worked! If you want to add this as an answer, I will accept it. — sotn, Feb 03 '21 at 17:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '21 at 17:54

Many modern PHP installations run PHP-FPM by default, instead of as an Apache module mod_php. PHP-FPM is itself a separate service that needs to be restarted via your operating system's preferred method. e.g.

$ sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

You mentioned you already knew which php.ini to modify from the phpinfo() output. For future readers, the PHP-FPM service may use a different php.ini. Consult the output from phpinfo() when loaded via the web to find out which php.ini to modify.

php.ini updates not reflected in phpinfo() output

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