Config files

r270ba

Can anyone point me to a tutorial for writing a PHP site using global variable via a config file...you know like where I put in the values for host, username, pass, blah blah blah....I just had to redo a site for a guy and dang if I am not oging to have to change all the "hardcoded" connects but would like to change them to a config name (and then code the server/user/pass in the config)...I hoep you understand what I am saying...thanks

devinemke

just change all the "hardcoded" to "softcoded" (variables) and then define all those variables in a separate config file and include() it.

r270ba

Right I understand that...but how do I do that? Like how does the code know to go to config.php and find that variable?

bubblenut

include('/path/to/includes/config.php');

check out at [man]include()[/man] also check out things like [man]require[/url], [url]include_once[/man] and [man]require_once[/man]
HTH
Bubble

lostarts

First make a file "config.mysite.php":

$config["defaultAccount"] = "123";
$config["uploadPath"] = "/var/uploads";
$config["adminUserID"] = "ADMN";

.... and so on.

Then, in your standardheader.php, include the following line:

require("config.mysite.php");

Now you can access the $config array. If you want to see this in action, download the PhpMyAdmin project and look at how they handle it.

r270ba

Thx a lot guys!!!!