changes to php.ini and want to see in iis7

You don't need to restart the server, just IIS

In IIS Manager goto the site and click stop/start

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732317(v=ws.10).aspx

in iis7 manager

username->restart server
website->restart server

stop/ start also


failed to change the phpinfo() browser output

In the past I would just manually restart the windows server 2008 to see the change in phpinfo() browser output

Are you sure you are editing the correct php.ini file - when you load phpinfo it will give the path of the file being used.
If so then try restarting IIS  and not just your site.

C:\php\php.ini

how to restart iis


I previously:

in iis7 manager

username->restart server
website->restart server

stop/ start also

How have you got PHP installed? FastCGI, ISAPI ? (probably ISAPI)

Server API      CGI/FastCGI

I tried both application pool of website and default and clicked recycle

php-cgi.exe is located at c/php/php-cgi.exe

but I am not sure if I use which .exe is the fastcgi file

Missing \

%windir%\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/fastCgi ^
/[fullPath='C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe',arguments=''].monitorChangesTo:"C:\PHP\php.ini" ^
/commit:apphost

same output

which file should I use?

I do not understand

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28336162/changes-to-php-ini-and-want-to-see-in-iis7.html?anchorAnswerId=39775673#a39775673

Try this
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/fastCgi ^
/[fullPath='C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe',arguments=''].monitorChangesTo:"C:\PHP\php.ini" ^
/commit:apphost

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C:\Users\j3>%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webS
erver/fastCgi ^
More? /[fullPath='C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe',arguments=''].monitorChangesTo:"C:\PHP\php
.ini" ^
More? /commit:apphost
ERROR ( message:Unknown attribute "[fullPath='C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe',arguments=''].
monitorChangesTo".  Replace with -? for help. )

C:\Users\j3>

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What additional information should I provide?

Check the location of php-cgi.exe, and if not in c:\php then change the path in the following and then run from the cmd

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/fastCgi /[fullPath='C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe',arguments=''].monitorChangesTo:"C:\PHP\php.ini" /commit:apphost 

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c:\php\php-cgi.exe

is here

but I am not sure if it is used,  many files and folders

Is this possible or should I just reset server because of fastcgi configuration?

What other information should I provide?

If you install php manager (comes with php if you use the web platform installer, you can set the php.ini that IIS watches for changes. Make and change and it automatically recycles for you without interrupting other sites.

I am not sure if i installed php has php manager.  How to check?

http://www.iis.net/downloads/community/2010/09/php-manager-for-iis-7

I installed

and I clicked on web-platform-installer

web platform installer has a icon in server manager

there is now icon for php manager.

I am not paid to update php 5.2 and if I do, then client will be upset if there is downtime on production server

C:\php\php.ini

but this is a production server

what is the php.ini file that I have opened (I search and do not see php.ini)

I do not want to break the production server

By default IIS looks for c:\php\php.ini
This is not usually where your php.ini is
You need to find your php installation folder, probably where I said above, and choose that as the location to watch. This setting will not affect anything except the ability for IIS to watch this file. That's why everything works when this setting is wrong.

I investigated for days if I should make change
But then I realized that no change needs to be made because php manager is looking for  
c:\php\php.ini
and this is where php.ini is
I can verify by running php script of phpinfo()

I clicked on
configuration-recommendations

I will install windows updates and then break this large question into smaller questions.

One question will be how to configure php manager for iis.

Thanks for teaching me.