Error during installing Magento 2

Question

I am installing Magento 2 on Bitnami WAMP Stack. However, soon after starting the installation it throws a list of errors and I am unable to fix this one:

PHP Settings Check
Your PHP Version is 5.6.20, but always_populate_raw_post_data = 0. $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated from PHP 5.6 onwards and will be removed in PHP 7.0. This will stop the installer from running. Please open your php.ini file and set always_populate_raw_post_data to -1. If you need more help please call your hosting provider.

I have checked the php.ini but the always_populate_raw_post_data is already set -1.

I also ran php.info, it shows this:

Where's the problem?

Answer 1

Well making changes in the php.ini or adding php parameter in the .htaccess didn't resolve my issue .
I created .user.ini file on the web directory root and added this : always_populate_raw_post_data = -1

Volla! issue was resolved. Let me know if you guys have any question.

Answer 2

First of all find the path of php.ini configuration file. You can find php.ini file path by using phpinfo(). Once you find the path of file. Go to that path and open the file and find always_populate_raw_post_data and set always_populate_raw_post_data = -1 save and restart the server.

if the issue still not gone you can add the always_populate_raw_post_data = -1 in your .htaccess file which is located at the root directory of Magento then restart the server.

Now this will work.

Answer 3

Remove semicolon(;) before always_populate_raw_post_data in php.ini file. Make sure you are changing in correct loaded configuration file.