Re: web application development question

By the way.. You can include a little script in your .htaccess file or your httpd.conf file so that it will not show .inc files just like it does for .ht files. That's a great idea for the $_CONF array.. That will help me keep some of my variables straight and where they come from :) Cheers! Rick "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Shakespeare > From: "John Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> > Organization: U.S. Army > Reply-To: <holmes072000@charter.net> > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:11:26 -0700 > To: "'Richard Baskett'" <rick@baskettcase.com>, "'Erik > Price'" > <pricee@hhbrown.com>, "'PHP General'" > <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: RE: [PHP] web application development question > > Agreed, this is how I would recommend you do it. I would be careful > naming your include files with an .inc extension, though, since .inc > isn't parsed by PHP and will be shown as plain text when pulled up in a > web browser. I normally name them something like config.inc.php or > database.inc.php, etc. > > I've gotten into the habit, from working with GeekLog, to put everything > into a $_CONF array. > > $_CONF["database"] = "MySQL"; > $_CONF["multiplier"] = 1.5; > > etc... > > ---John Holmes... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Baskett [mailto:rick@baskettcase.com] >> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:01 PM >> To: Erik Price; PHP General >> Subject: Re: [PHP] web application development question >> >> I usually have an info.inc file that has all these variables that I > might >> need to change. Then include it in the files that use those variables > and >> if I ever need to change one of them I just change it in the include > file >> and it updates everything that way.. >> >> Rick >> >> Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably > excites >> the >> sensitive soul to tears. - Edgar Allan Poe >> >>> From: Erik Price <pricee@hhbrown.com> >>> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:50:08 -0400 >>> To: php-general@lists.php.net >>> Subject: [PHP] web application development question >>> >>> For those of you who write web applications (in any language), what > do >>> you recommend as the best way to store arbitrary atomic data for the > web >>> application? in other words, data that doesn't really need to be > stored >>> in a relational database, as it does not really relate to anything? >>> >>> In the app I am working on (PHP/MySQL), there are several instances > of >>> this. One of them is: >>> a multiplier of 1.5 is applied to any "materials cost" of posters >>> ordered through my app. That is, although the "materials cost" to > my >>> employer is, say $0.076 per square inch, 0.114 is the amount that we >>> charge per square inch (0.076 * 1.5). However, this multiplier > could >>> change at some point in the future, so I am hesitant to leave the > number >>> hard-coded into my page. I would rather have it stored in the > database, >>> where my employer can easily update or change it to another > multiplier. >>> But it seems awkward to create a table that simply maintains the >>> multiplier: >>> >>> mysql> SELECT * FROM material_multiplier; >>> +------------+ >>> | multiplier | >>> +------------+ >>> | 1.50 | >>> +------------+ >>> 1 row in set (0.00 sec) >>> >>> I suppose I could store a table with two columns, one being VARNAME > the >>> other being VALUE, and pull this kind of standalone data out of it, > but >>> was curious what other people do when they need to store something > like >>> this. >>> >>> >>> Erik >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> Erik Price >>> Web Developer Temp >>> Media Lab, H.H. Brown >>> pricee@hhbrown.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >