Re: [Phpwiki-talk] config in db

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Oliver Betz schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
>>Why not storing the index.php configuration in the database, table 
>>config, editable only by the admin?
> 
> because it would be less transparent. As long as the config is in a 
> plain text file, I can:
> 
> - modify it without special tools,
> - look at it (check it) as a whole,
> - compare different configs with a text diff tool and
> - merge settings e.g. when changing more thn one Wiki.
> 
> I guess there are more reasons.
> 
> Hiding configs in databases is one of the the disadvantages of the 
> windows way.
> 
> As long as the config is php, one can add also special processing if 
> he/she wants.

Persuaded.
But I would like to seperate the config from the startup file. 
lib/config sanifies the config settings, so PHPWIKI_DIR."/config.php" 
would be fine.

>>This is much easier to install and maybe easier to maintain then the 
> 
> Maintenance is harder, IMO.
> 
> In which manner do you think the installation will be easier than 
> now?

Most of the local apache/php settings could be calculated automatically.
One should only define if e.g. USE_PATH_INFO = true or false, and the 
appropriate VIRTUAL_PATH, DATA_PATH settings can be calculated.
Also applied .htaccess samples

Same for database and authorization settings, which depend on the 
available libraries and services.

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Reini Urban
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