Re: define() or $variable for application settings?

>"Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists)" <matt.baluyos.lists@gmail.com> >wrote in message > >I have a config.inc.php file which basically contains all the >configuration info that the applications needs (directory/file >locations, database credentials, etc). The information there is set >using the define() function. > >However, I've seen some open-source projects which either use >$variables or associative arrays to save the values. > >My application works pretty fine but I'd like to solicit opinions from >everyone on what they are using in this case. Also, I have plans of >putting up a sort of coding guidelines for the company so it might >help to have other opinions on this one. Another option you can use is to create a "Config" class, and place all your configuration state in it. This is probably the slowest, but easy to code with. class Config { function Username() { return "Snoopy"; } function Password() { return "Secret"; } }; This class is accessible anywhere, and your newer editors assist you -- type "Config::" and you get a list of all your available configuration values. It also makes it easy to have a configuration value that depends on state (like "Debug", depends on which machine or folder it is running from). I also have a class called "Settings" that are user-configurable within the website admin page. All settings are placed inside a table, and the user can monkey with them at there will. Settings::GetValue("Color") returns the user-defined value from the table. Just some thoughts DanB