Re: Discussion of method -- config files

I freely use defined constants for all fixed variables in my config file. It insures they cannot be inadvertently reassigned by a function someplace and are available everywhere. define('MYSQL_HOST',"localhost"); tedd wrote:

Hi gang: More of a question of method rather than of "right" or "wrong" -- of the two methods mentioned here, which way would be "better" and why? 1. Setting $GLOBALS one time as shown here. At 12:23 AM -0400 6/19/08, Robert Cummings wrote:

And the variables are defined in config.php -------------- config.php -------------- <?php //Mysql vars $GLOBALS['mysql_host'] = "localhost"; $GLOBALS['mysql_user'] = "user@localhost"; $GLOBALS['mysql_pass'] = ""; ?>

2. Or, setting variables as shown below and including them when needed? -------------- config.php -------------- <?php //Mysql vars $localhost = 'localhost'; $mysql_user = 'user@localhost'; $mysql_pass = ''; ?> Cheers, tedd