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Ignacio
Ignacio

Reputation: 8035

How to disable "detect_unicode" setting from php.ini? (trying to install Composer)

I've been trying to install Composer on my machine (OS X 10.6) with no success so far.

As per Composer docs, i executed this in Terminal:

curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php#!/usr/bin/env php

And this is the output:

The detect_unicode setting must be disabled. Add the following to the end of your php.ini: detect_unicode = Off

Of course, this is in my php.ini: detect_unicode = Off, located at /etc/php.ini.default

php -info tells me that php.ini file is being loaded from /etc/ (output is: Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc)

But, also outputs: detect_unicode => On => On

Why php.ini.default is not loading my settings and how could i disable effecively detect_unicode?

Upvotes: 29

Views: 18576

Answers (5)

ShaTin
ShaTin

Reputation: 3075

If you can't change your /usr/local/bin/php/php.ini file, remember to keep using '-d detect_unicode=Off' for all your php calls like so:

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -d detect_unicode=Off

php -d detect_unicode=Off composer.phar install

Upvotes: 2

a9un9hari
a9un9hari

Reputation: 34

There are a few solutions online, but the easiest I found was on Stack Overflow. The problem is that the PHP CLI doesn’t load the same php.ini by default, and unlike on most Linux installations there isn’t a seperate php-cli.ini and seemingly /etc/php.ini.default doesn’t load so much. You can pass it as a runtime parameter though:

curl -s getcomposer.org/installer | php -d detect_unicode=Off

source -> http://www.andrew-kirkpatrick.com/2012/10/install-composer-for-php-on-zend-server-mac-os-x/

Upvotes: 0

Ahmed Abu Eldahab
Ahmed Abu Eldahab

Reputation: 1674

Just add "-d detect_unicode=Off" after the command 

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -d detect_unicode=Off

Upvotes: 59

Michael Wabner
Michael Wabner

Reputation: 181

Under OSX go to /etc.

Open Terminal.

>cd /etc
>nano php.ini.default

Edit the php.ini.default (insert detect_unicode = Off).

Save the file.

Now rename it to php.ini.

>mv /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini

Restart Terminal and then it should work proberly.

Upvotes: 18

Seldaek
Seldaek

Reputation: 42036

Most likely no ini file at all is being loaded, I don't know if /etc/php.ini.default is seen or not by php. Same as I said in Can't set/find detect_unicode to Off - you should run php -i | grep ini and check which file actually is loaded, then edit it. If none is loaded, then make sure you put a php.ini file into the Configuration File Path value, in your case /etc/php.ini it seems.

Upvotes: 22

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