You can use a phpinfo() page to view php information that is currenttly on your server.
This file is quite large as it outputs alot of information such as:
- The version of PHP
- Information regarding PHP extensions and compilation options.
- Information regarding the server and environment(if compiled as a single module).
- PHP information.
- Version of operating system, paths, local and master values of configuration options.
- HTTP headers.
- PHP license.
Since every system is set up differently, phpinfo() is most commonly used to check the php settings and for predefined variables on your system.
How to create a phpinfo.php page
In order to create a phpinfo file, open a brand new text file, add the following lines and save it to your desired path. Save it as "phpinfo.php"
"?php //Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL phpinfo(); ?
- Upload the phpinfo file to the server. You should upload your file to the same directoty you want to test. Commonly you will be at your httpdocs (/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/) directory, although you can upload it to any subdirectory of your choice aswell.
- Use an FTWP client to upload the file, you can use WINSCP or Filezilla, these are just examples of course.
- Visit the page in your preferred browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox and so on. If you uploaded it your HTML directory, you should now visit http://www.yourwebsite.com/phpinfo.php replacing yourwebsite.com with your own domain name.
- Finally you can view all of your information about the PHP for your server for that directory.
