如何添加max_input_var php 5.3.3？

Question

I got a plesk server running plesk 12 and php 5.3.3, i got a client who is running Prestashop, I need to add something to the language but before I can do that I need to add max_input_var to 6000 it is now 1000 I've search everything on google but i can't find an solution for it. there is no php.ini file? in the root or other directory's. i've tried to add things like ( max_input_var etc.) in the .htaccess file but it didn't work, i've tried to add it on my server /etc/php.ini & /var/www/vhost/domain/etc/php/ini but is still stays on 1000 do i need to update php? I am to afraid to update cause of the problems it may give.

Answer 1

First off, if you're running PHP in FCGI (which you probably are) then you can easily update PHP without any trouble. PHP 5.3 is EOL and you should make your server more secure by upgrading to at least 5.4. Check out Atomicorp Panda for more information.

Second, Plesk tends to segment each client into its own area. You can't just edit their php.ini or httpd.conf because Plesk generates those. What you'll need to do is create a vhost.conf file in their conf directory. You can then do something like this (change the path to their directory)

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com>
      php_admin_flag engine on 
      php_admin_value max_input_var 6000
</Directory>