Does php have anything similar to ASP's global.asa file

[Jesse_2X]

Hi y'all,

I'm looking for a way to store server-side configuration information (database name, username, password, etc.) for use by all php pages requested by all visitors.

I want to avoid the overhead of each and every page requested having to read the config info from a text file. Since I want to store database access info, I obviously can't store it in the database.

I can do this using the global.asa file in ASP and was hoping that PHP offered something comparable.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Jesse2x

[stuartc1]

I depends on the type of database you are using, if you have Ingres II then the database name, username and password can be configured in your php.ini file.
You could use the ' auto_prepend_file = ' in php.ini to link to a php file that creates the database connection strings etc.

hope this has helped.

[Weedpacket]

Write a PHP script that sets your configuration options and does whatever other startup tasks are always required, put it somewhere sensible, and update the php.ini entry called "auto_prepend_file". Your configuration script will be automatically included at the start of every page.

[Jesse_2X]

Thanks,

the "auto_prepend_file" option will do exactly what I need.

cheers.

Jesse 2x