Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Multiple instances of Phpwiki ?

[Matthew P. <mp...@he...>]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:14:42AM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
[__CONFIGURED for multiple Wikis]

> I'd like to see this too, because I'm currently running three wikis on 
> the same machine, with the associated duplication of code files. Perhaps 
> Matthew could implement this, and Reini could accept it into CVS?

Reini said he didn't like my idea, and preferred his way of doing it.  See
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8500690.  The problem
I see with Reini's idea is that it relies on trusting IniConfig not to go
overwriting existing define()s.  That's fine and dandy now, but without
giant "Here be Monsters, lad" all over the IniConfig code, someone in the
future is going to change it to do just that (because constant leakage is
bad), and suddenly all of your custom Wikis die.

Also, you're splitting the config into multiple parts again -- one for
defines, and one for variables.  With the number of variables in PHPWiki
(and the fact that now, with IniConfig, they're no longer documented as
being variables in the config file, but only in the depths of IniConfig()
-- and that's subject to change without notice), you're going to have a hard
time figuring out which one's which.

My system adds little in the way of complexity -- both methods require
.htaccess fiddling and snippets of custom code, as does mine -- but mine
allows you to use the same config method for custom sites -- an IniConfig
file -- as the main site.

But hey, to each their own.  Reini thinks my idea sucks, I think his does,
and we all clap hands together.  He runs the project, and does it well
enough that I doubt anyone's about to start muttering about mutiny or taking
their bat and ball because of a different method of doing multi-wiki.

I'll run up a patch if anyone is truly interested (and I'll even keep it
current against future releases), but it's such a simple modification that
you can do it yourself at home with simple hand tools -- as documented in my
original E-mail (for reference, 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=7966839).

- Matt