php.ini not updating after changes

Question

Followed a few tutorials but it just doesn't update.

• I restarted the server many times with sudo service apache2 restart and sudo apachectl restart
• I ran php --ini to check all the files being loaded
• I checked each file to see if it is being overwritten
• I made another override and checked if its being loaded
• Used the phpinfo() function to check if its being updated

I'm using PHP Version 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.21 Its a virtual machine in virtualbox

the change that I'm trying to make is for php to allow more inputs in a post.

I don't know if I should post here or in Super User

Answer 1

Chances are you are modifying the php.ini of the CLI instead of the one for apache. It should be under:

/etc/php/$VERSION/apache2/php.ini

Then restart apache.