RE: [Phplib-users] Installation in hosted environment

[Layne W. <la...@if...>]

>   I see reference in the docs and archives about several different
> installation methods.  I understand the includes in the php.ini and
> .htaccess, but Richard refers to the $_PHPLIB method as being more
> efficient.  I cannot find a description of what that is.  Can
> anyone expound on that?

In your prepend file, the first bit is setting $_PHPLIB["libdir"] to the
path to installed PHPLib (e.g. /usr/local/phplib-7.x/php/) which is then
appended to all PHPLib include statements.

<soapbox>
This should define a constant rather than a variable - nobody's going to
switch between PHPLib versions midway through a script.
</soapbox>

<soapbox>
I've never really liked relying on the include path - why waste runtime
cycles on a production server looking for files in half a dozen directories
when you should know exactly were they are? I have embraced this concept to
set a few constants holding root-relative paths to my document root,
personal library and PHPLib.
</soapbox>

Layne Weathers
Ifworld Inc.