Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Patch: internationalisation with php3 fallback [Was: ...]

[Steve W. <sw...@wc...>]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> Ok.  Wouldn't it help if we made wiki_config.php3 a lot smaller,
> and make type of database selectable by a single variable, something
> like:
> 
>     <?php3
> 
>        $DataBase = "dbm";  #  "mysql", "pgsql", "msql"
> 
>        $DatabaseDir = "/tmp";   # only used by DBM
>        $DatabaseName = "wiki";  # only used by 
>        $DatabaseUser = "wiki";
>        $DatabasePass = "";
>        $LANG = "C";
> 
> 
>        // you probably don't need to change these
>        $DatabaseServer = "localhost";
>        $DatabasePort = "5432";  # only used by pgsql
>        ...
> 
>      ?>
> 
> This gets included  by index.php3, which also includes the relevant
> db config.

Yes, it's been on my mind for a while but haven't gotten around to it. The
section the admin edits could be shortened and made a lot clearer.
 
> Also, why don't we make RedHat and debian packages.  That should make
> install both easy, and OK for no-messing-with-my-package-system people.
> 
>     apt-get install phpwiki
> 
> is a lot simpler than surfing the internet for a wiki's most recent
> tarball, handconfigure it, etc.


Do you volunteer? ;-)

sw


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