This tutorial assumes you are already logged in to your Joomla admin panel
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Viewing the system information will allow you to see the PHP information and what directories are writable
1) Click Help
 
2) Then System Info
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The first page will show your system information such as your database, PHP and Joomla versions

3) Click PHP Settings
 
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Scroll down
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Here you can view what value your PHP settings are set to

4) Click Configuration File
 
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This is where you can view the settings in your configuration.php file

5) Go to Directory Permissions
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This page will show what directories are writeable

6) Click PHP Information
 
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This is where you can view all of your PHP information

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That's it! You now know how to view your system information in Joomla