I hope this is the place to ask. I have a vps and I'm trying to install Joomla and for the life of me I can't find php.ini file that I need to edit to make the site work & secure. I used the file manager in plesk and couldnt find it going through all the directories. I also ssh but was only givin 2 directories and 3 files when I did that. My linux experience has been limited but I do know how to navigate through using ls and cd. I also need to know how to give Joomla Write permissions.. Do I need to CHMOD my website? If so how do I do that or where can anyone point me so that I can learn that. Any help is much appreciated.

Edward Owens

Just to add. Please be very careful modifying system php.ini. This can break your plesk or webmail functionality.

To customize PHP settings per domain basis, you need to edit the file /var/www/vhosts/{domain_name}/conf/httpd.include and add lines such as

php_admin_value {php_setting_name} {php_setting_value}

For example:

php_admin_value safe_mode 0
php_admin_value session.use_trans_sid 0

Then restart Apache and check phpinfo() output to check that the changes have taken effect.