[Phpwebsite-developers] multiple sites/ one set of files

[spiggy <th...@me...>]

i was asking about this a while back and since my old boss asked
again... i thought id give it a try. and it looks like i have the darn
thing running :) 

to remind you of the problem: 30 different student clubs that want a
website. having a set of files for all would be a bit tiresome to
upgrade so requirement is one shared set of files and one database per
site.

anyone available to test this? it was so easy in the end that i am
thinking i must have missed something big.

this is how i did it:
1. register_globals=on

2. create a directory configs and place the sites config.php files
there, in my case i am using club1_config.php, club2_config.php,
club3_config.php (i am including the examples i used). create databases
for every site

3. add include('open_session.php') to header.php

4. replace config.php with my version (a short one)

5. goto http://yoursite/?cl=club1, http://yoursite/?cl=club2 and
http://yoursite/?cl=club3 and do a fresh install for all. login as admin
and change the theme so it is different for every site. if you run into
issues, chances are that open_session is not included in that file.

i have not thought about user logins etc.. since it is not that
important for this project. installing modules produces some errors for
not being able to include open_session but the modules still install
fine. of course i could set the full path for open_session.php and this
issue would be gone.

i have tested this with mozilla/linux/php4.2 only and all browser
reports are welcome :) the session stuff is not 100% clear to me so any
ideas for config.php are also very welcome. for instance how to make
sure if someone types a name that does not exist, the user goes to
clubs.php file. i tried several versions but nothing produced the
desired effect (i am a session dummie :)

my demo site is at http://demo.phpgirl.com/clubs.php (very crude :). i
am keeping this page outside phpwebsite so it fits with the rest of the
main school site and to keep a list of links to all the clubs.

thats it, i am done for today (well, it is 3am :)

paivi