Thread: [binarycloud-dev] So-called user constants

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Alex:

Another "usuability issue" and/or I don't know where to do
something in this BC environment.

You have already pre-empted the name "BC_" prefix for
define()'s, and you call these "user constants".

Now, what if I want a page-scope/all module defined constant.
What should I do?  Where do I define() something that I wish
all modules to see in global scope.

Is this going to be possible in the *.xml file that will be
ripped into the index.php?  If so, will it be put up there
at the top like:

// ripped from /path/to/binarycloud/user/htdocs/index.xml
$SITE_EMAIL="jo...@so...";	//for email all over
$SITE_ROWS_BEFORE_PAGING=15;	//for paging lists
$SITE_TEL_NO="1-800-6969";	// for telno all over
$SITE_WEBMASTER="wi...@so...";

or

define(SITE_EMAIL,"jo...@so...");

and so forth.

As an aside, I sort of think of these as "user constants",
but I suppose they are "site constants" or "page constants".

So, the question(s) are:
1.  Where should I define them for global scope?
2.  If you tell me some module that I will have to
	load, such as a SiteLibrary.php, then I
	guess I would have to go along with it,
	but this seems wrong-headded.

Now I want to be able to put them in the *.xml and
have them work as I described above, defining them
in global scope for THAT PAGE with any set of modules
called from and set of packages, and not have to worry
that I didn't load, say, the SiteLibrary.php that
would do it, with its potential omission.  If I create
a new page(s) for the site six months after it has
been up, I might forget which bloody module globaled
my constants.

What if I want:

define(BUTTONS,"../resources/images/buttons/");
define(SITE_GIZMOS,"resources/images/gizmos/");

Where?

I suppose that now I am starting to get into the
operation of the XML --> php file thingy.  I will
be happy when that is ready.

And I would like to have defines()'s available in
that XML --> php.

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