smarter way to write config file?
| From: | Justin French | Date: | Tue, 16 Apr 2002 04:58:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | smarter way to write config file? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi all,
Currently i've got a config file for each website, and I split it into
essentially two config files, based on the server name, so that I can have 1
file for both my local server and the live server.
something like:
<?
if($local)
{
$cfgAdminEmail = "justin@indent.com.au";
$cfgReportErrors = 1;
$cfgSendMail = 0;
}
else
{
$cfgAdminEmail = "webmaster@foo.com";
$cfgReportErrors = 0;
$cfgSendMail = 1;
}
?>
But of course, there's more like 20 config elements. The small problem I'm
having is making sure that I keep both halves (live and local) the same (but
with different settings).
What i was hoping was that there may be a way of writing the config once,
and having it work in both situations, perhaps with a switch, or with some
other language construct I have no idea about:
I know this isn't the answer, but I was hoping for something like:
<?
$cfgAdminEmail = "justin@indent.com.au|webmaster@foo.com";
$cfgReportErrors = "1|0;
$cfgSendMail = "0|1";
?>
Where both the options "local|live" were declared in one hit.
Whatever solution there is (arrays? switches?) it has to be easy to
maintain, otherwise it's a step backwards I guess.
Any suggestions appreciated, or pointers to stuff in the manual i've never
heard of!!!
Justin French