Custom settings with PHP on Nginx

Question

I have multiple websites setup using Nginx and Apache, but when I try to add a vhost based PHP directive using fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE , the value get added to all of my vhosts. Checking the value of the PHP parameter from PHP-CLI remain the actual one for whole server. e.g.

I used fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "memory_limit=512M" for a domain based nginx config, but it will be propagated to all domains on server. The 'php -i | grep memory_limit' show 128M though

Not sure what I am missing

Answer 1

Don't confuse php-cli with PHP.

php -i | grep memory_limit is not the same as <?php phpinfo(); . Its very likely they use different php.ini files.

For your actual issue, where are you defining the value, in the common fcgi_params file or setting explicitly in each vhost location directive.