script config: file or single db row?

gerardg

Anybody have an approach to script configuration that makes changes easy via a web page? Right now I just put it all in a php file with variables, but am debating whether to make a php script that reads/displays/saves a config file or make a database table that'll probably never have more than one row (with a bunch of fields).

Anon

Why dont you try functions and keep all the functions used commonly in a common.php file

Pradeep

Anon

There's a config file class going around, you may want to look at that... just run a search at hotscripts.com or something... it allows you to store your config in an easy to read/write config file and parses it for you.

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If you really just want one file that one person will be changing, then I wouldn't go for a database, and use a file.

What kind of file? well, if you're not going to edit this manually at all, then I'd just create an array of config values in PHP, and use serialize() to convert it into one big string, and write that string to disk.

The scripts that need the config data can then open the file, unserialize the string, and boom, they have the array of config values.

BTW, that is allmost how sessions work.

gerardg

ConfigReader? Doesn't write 🙁.

http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/3973.html

There's also iniread:
http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/9820.html