Re: [Phpwiki-talk] config in db

[Joby W. <joby@u.washington.edu>]

I agree completely.

There are just far too many config settings to continue the way we are going. 
We can also use the database keep historical config settings to allow for the 
roll back of configuration settings.  It should help simplify the config/* files 
(which I need to get back to...).

jbw

Reini Urban wrote:

> Hi (Joby)
> Why not storing the index.php configuration in the database, table 
> config, editable only by the admin?
> 
> This is much easier to install and maybe easier to maintain then the 
> current file based solution. then we will be able to have a tiny 
> index.php. lib/config.php will then load and verify the config settings, 
> using config/*
> 
> The only problem I see is that without working database connection one 
> cannot edit the config...
> maybe use a single dba/gdbm/sqlite/flat-file file therefore.