Changing the PHP parameters in BrainyCP

BrainyCP control panel allows you to configure PHP parameters individually for each website using the user.ini file. This file contains PHP interpreter settings that apply only to the selected virtual host.

Quick start

1. To configure PHP settings, log in to your BrainyCP control panel on your VPS.
2. Go to WWW → Configuration of user.ini.

PHP configuration section in BrainyCP control panel

Editing the user.ini file

1. Select the website for which you want to modify PHP settings.
2. Apply the configuration changes.
3. Click Save to apply the new parameters.

Editing user.ini in BrainyCP

Key user.ini parameters

Below are the most commonly used configuration directives:

upload_max_filesize

Maximum file size allowed for upload to the server.
Value is specified in megabytes (e.g., 64M).

post_max_size

Maximum data size that can be sent in a POST request.
This value should be greater than upload_max_filesize but less than memory_limit.

memory_limit

The maximum amount of memory allocated to a single PHP script.
Helps prevent excessive resource usage.

display_errors

Enables or disables the display of PHP errors on the website.
Useful for debugging, but should be disabled on production environments.

error_reporting

Defines which PHP errors should be reported (warnings, notices, deprecated functions, etc.).
Works together with display_errors.

max_input_time

Number of seconds PHP can use to process input data (e.g., file uploads or POST requests).

default_charset

Default character encoding for PHP documents.
Common values include: UTF-8, ASCII, Windows-1251 (CP1251).

opcache.revalidate_freq

Specifies the interval (in seconds) at which OPcache checks for file changes.
1 — check every second
0 — constant checking

date.timezone

Sets the PHP timezone (e.g., "Europe/Moscow").