Re: Re: Discussion of method -- config files

Not so Robert, here's how I typically handle such situations. $reqdApplicFilesArray = array(// *Required application files and define() value 'regAdminSettings.db' => 'ADMIN_SETTINGS_FILE', 'regMemberData.db' => 'MEMBER_DATA_FILE', 'emailCellSettings.db' => 'EMAIL_CELL_SETTINGS_FILE', ); foreach($reqdApplicFilesArray as $file => $defineContant) {define($defineContant, $file);} Robert Cummings wrote:

On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 08:07 -0400, Al wrote:

I freely use defined constants for all fixed variables in my config file.

I guess you have no fixed array values since constants don't support non-scalars. The nice thing about arrays is how they group related configuration entries together. Cheers, Rob.

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