How to Disabling MySQL Strict Mode on CPanel server

How to Disabling MySQL Strict Mode properly in MySQL / MariaDB Configuration on a cPanel server. let’s get started

To determine the current global sql_mode value, execute the following command

[root@secure admin]# mysql -e 'select @@GLOBAL.sql_mode;'
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| @@GLOBAL.sql_mode                                                                         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Open the MySQL configuration file For cPanel servers, the location of the MySQL configuration file is “/etc/my.cnf” , Edit the sql_mode value within this file and remove any value if it has.

MySQL configuration file
MySQL configuration file

Restart the MySQL service

let see how it works

[root@secure admin]# mysql -e 'select @@GLOBAL.sql_mode;'
+-------------------+
| @@GLOBAL.sql_mode |
+-------------------+
|                   |
+-------------------+

That’s it! You’ve just properly disabled MySQL Strict Mode

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