note 97795 added to configuration.file

"Since PHP 5.1.0, it is possible to refer to existing .ini variables from within .ini files." If you have several configurations that you switch between (say development/testing/staging), or there is some other reason why several settings scattered through the .ini file might need to be changed all together on occasion, then combining this with a custom block can bring all the bits that need changing into one place: [Customization] custom.mode = "development" custom.display_errors = "on" custom.error_reporting = 30719 [PHP] ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; About php.ini ; .... And then refer to these variables in the rest of the file: custom.session.save_path = "/tmp/"${custom.mode} Bringing all the changes into one location in the file is often of immense benefit. --- Unfortunately, variable names cannot (yet) be nested. Otherwise one could have one .ini file with several customisation blocks, and a single variable to choose which set of variables to use: [Customization] custom.mode = "development" [Customization Development] custom.development.display_errors = on [Customization Production] custom.development.display_errors = off ... display_errors = ${custom.${custom.mode}.display_errors} ---- Server IP: 203.89.181.186 Probable Submitter: 122.57.192.195 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97795 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97795 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97795 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php