PHP Questions and Answers

[John]

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[Julian]

John I am wondering. I just installed Joomla via Fantastico. However I get an warning:
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Following PHP Server Settings are not optimal for Security and it is recommended to change them:

* PHP register_globals setting is `ON` instead of `OFF`
* Joomla! RG_EMULATION setting is `ON` instead of `OFF` in file globals.php
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Is there a way to override these settings to OFF with a custom php.ini file? If so how can I acheive this?
Julian

[Jeff]

Hi Julian,

You can override the global php.ini settings at any time by creating a php.ini locally on your computer and uploading it to the server. You must place it inside the same directory where the php script itself exists. In other words, let's say you have this:

/home/username/public_html/joomla/file.php

If file.php is complaining about the global settings, you can place your own settings in a php.ini, and upload it to:

/home/username/public_html/joomla

For the register_globals setting, you would want to have the following inside your custom php.ini:

register_globals = off

For the "RG_EMULATION" message, you would need to edit the globals.php file, locate the line where this is set to "on", and change it to "off". You can do this by downloading the file from your account, editing it on your computer, and uploading it back to the server.

You may also be interested in the following article from our Knowledge Base, located here:

php.ini defined
http://my.myriadnetwork.com/kb/questions.php?questionid=72


Please let us know if this helps, thanks.