Topic: phpinfo(): It is not safe to rely on the timezone

[zontar999]

Installed 01 May 2014, PHP 5.5.12
Installed Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) PHP/5.5.12

Configured php.ini.
Can run php scripts without a problem. EXCEPT for the following message.

"Warning: phpinfo(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone."

I have added the following into php.ini

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = America/New_York

I have placed the above value in single quotes, double quotes and countless other punctuation characters. No luck.

I Google the message I get back thousands of threads with a hundred solution each. Some for Unix. Linux. Windows

I am look for a proven solution or at least a confirmation that I am overlooking something and that there is a flaw in this build of PHP. I am thinking of going back a generation.

Any PROVEN solutions would be appreciated.

[James Blond]

date.timezone = "America/New_York"

is correct. Don't forget to restart your webserver

[zontar999]

Nope. As mentioned earlier thread I have add your recommended string. With quotes. Without. Restarted the server and still the same problem.

I add the date_default command it script works. Pull that line it generates the warning.

<?
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
echo phpinfo();
?>

I DO NOT have the problem on a Linux server running php 5.3.13

Not belabor the obvious but I have spent days researching this problem and am looking for a concise resolution or confirmation that this build of PHP is not sound.

As another example the following script fails under Windows and not the Linux server

<?
echo extract($HTTP_GET_VARS);
echo extract($HTTP_POST_VARS);
?>

[James Blond]

[zontar999]

Many thanks for the update on deprecation of $HTTP get and post! I believe that I got this version of PHP from the PHP.net. I has been a while. Again thank you for the clarification.

[jArden]

Just a note , from PHP 5.4 <? and of course <?= is always available regardless of the short_open_tag ini setting.