Re: supersession
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Tue, 02 Jul 2002 08:19:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: supersession | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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>I think there is also a directive in php.ini to ALWAYS include a certain
>file at the top of each script, transparently.
Search for "append" or "prepend" in php.ini and you'll find it.
>> Depending on what data you need to have in these variables, you might be
>> able to set them as environment variables through apache (that is, _if_
>> you're running apache, _if_ you have access to the configuration file,
>> _if_ mod_env is installed, etc). I'm guessing that wouldn't be a
>> flexible enough alternative for you, but it might be worth considering.
There actually *ARE* alternatives to the database...
LDAP -- okay, just a weird kind of database
Shared Memory -- not for the faint of heart, but possibly the "right"
solution for some kinds of things that one might use application variables
in ASP for.
But, really, a simple include file to define a bunch of constants or do
something on every page is no big deal.
Sure beats all the headaches and *OVERHEAD* of ASP's application variables.
(Huge overhead on the web server, IIRC)
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