Installing Moodle: It is requesting 5000 under Max_input_vars

Question

I cannot find the php.ini file or .htaccess file where I'm meant to change the max_input_vars to 5000 in my moodle website folder. I'm using mamp and myphpadmin

Moodle explains "To change max_input_vars you can either set it in php.ini or modify it in runtime, for example for Apache you can create .htaccess file: php_value max_input_vars 5000"

I searched in finder.

Answer 1

Create a test php file in the root of the Moodle folder with

<?php

phpinfo();

Then open it from the browser, not the command line (the command line and web server might use different versions of php)

eg: yourmoodlesite/test.php

This will display the location of the php.ini file that is being used, eg:

Loaded Configuration File   /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

I haven't used MAMP, but the documentation says the php file can also be edited via the menu in MAMP PRO

File > Open Template > PHP > [PHP version] -> php.ini

It also says the location is

/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf

https://documentation.mamp.info/en/MAMP-PRO-Mac/Menu/