Getting "date.timezone => no value => no value" after setting date.timezone to "Europe/Paris"
<h2>Description of the problem</h2>

<p>I'm trying to set the date.timezone in my php.ini file (located in my /etc folder). I've done that and when I open it it clearly shows <code>date.timezone = "Europe/Paris"</code>, however when I check symfony system requirements it gives me an error (see screen shot) saying it's not set, and when I check my php information it says "no value" for date.timezone. </p>

<h2>Question</h2>

<p>What is causing the date.timezone not to be updated?</p>

<h2>What I've tried and screen shots</h2>

<p>My first guess was that I maybe I'm modifying the wrong file? but in the php -i I get:</p>

<pre><code>/etc
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/N9WLF.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/N9WLF.png" alt="configuration file (php.ini)"></a></p>

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<p><strong>/etc/php.ini :</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/89O7d.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/89O7d.png" alt="php.ini"></a></p>

<p><strong>php &lt; project name >/bin/symfony_requirements :</strong></p>

<p>Getting an error when I check for symfony requirements.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9G6Bo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9G6Bo.png" alt="symfony2 error"></a></p>

<p><strong>php -i :</strong></p>

<p>Getting 
    <code>date.timezone =&gt; no value =&gt; no value</code> when I check php information. why?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cBnUw.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cBnUw.png" alt="php -i"></a></p>

<p><strong><code>&lt;?= phpinfo(); ?&gt;</code></strong></p>

<p>As you can see in the screenshot below, no there .ini files were found on the system.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHhHg.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHhHg.png" alt="phpinfo()"></a></p>