Creating Configuration page to alter config.php

[shadowq]

I'm creating a web-based database thingy for the organisation I work with- and of course there are a bunch of variables that I don't want to be touched by end-users, but then there are a few that I do want to be changeable by a 'super-user/moderator.'
I'm trying to come up with the best way to create a 'configuration' part of the 'admin' section, which has the options to change, which will then open the particular file (let's say config.php) and edit those particular variables.

I'm open to all suggestions- thanks heaps in advance for your help.

JJ.

[bpat1434]

If you are only changing a few things, why not store them in a database table called "settings" with three columns:
id
variable
value

Then in your main config.php you just have the stuff the end-user can't change (and your database connection info). Then as for loading the config data, it's just a matter of querying that table 😉

[NogDog]

The database suggestion is probably the most robust. If for some reason I didn't want to do that, then I might consider using a XML file; particularly if using PHP5 so that the [man]SimpleXML[/man] functions are available.