Overriding global php.ini file

Question

I don't have access to global php.ini file since I am running my application on shared hosting and now what happens is I need to put my php.ini file in every directory to use the settings. But I am wondering whether there is a way to override the global php.ini file in my root directory for every sub folders instead of putting the php.ini file inside of every and each folder which isn't a good practice for further times.

If you are asking which specific option I need to change is auto_prepend_file

Answer 1

Yes! Not all php.ini options can be set, but many can be changed through .htaccess files, or the ini_set function, etc. See these pages .

Answer 2

For CGI/FastCGI use .user.ini files ^Docs . Works since PHP 5.3.

Some shared hosters allow as well to place php.ini files into the webroot directory or at some other place. Contact your hoster.