Re: smarter way to write config file?

Thanks heaps Scott -- exactly what I was hoping for :) Justin French on 16/04/02 5:26 PM, Scott Houseman (ScottH@jamwarehouse.com) wrote: > what about something like this: > > $cfgAdminEmail = ( $local ) ? "justin@indent.com.au" : "webmaster@foo.com"; > $cfgReportErrors = ( $local ) ? 1 : 0; > $cfgSendMail = ( $local ) ? 0 : 1; > > Hope this helps > > --Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> > To: "php" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:58 AM > Subject: [PHP] smarter way to write config file? > > >> Hi all, >> >> Currently i've got a config file for each website, and I split it into >> essentially two config files, based on the server name, so that I can have > 1 >> file for both my local server and the live server. >> >> something like: >> >> <? >> >> if($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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >