Re: [Phpwiki-talk] index.php vs config.php

[Martin G. <gim...@gi...>]

Jeff Dairiki <da...@da...> writes:

> Maybe, since we have a configuration script, the configuration
> script should do all the figuring of the defaults and autodetected
> values. (I.e. everything that's now down in lib/config.php.)
>
> Then it can generate a single config file with all required settings
> as constants.

Are you sure it's a good idea to have the script write a file with the
settings? This was how my first attempt at a configuration tool
worked, but I've now moved away from the idea.

The problem is that it rarely works... It only works if the webserver
has write permission to the installation directory of PhpWiki.

At my server PHP runs as the user 'nobody' whereas the files are owned
by user 'gimpster'.

The configuration tool also has to be protected so that others cannot
change the configuration. This is not a problem, but it has to be
considered.

The current configurator lets you create a configuration that you can
/download/ and then later upload using FTP or whatever mechanism you
use for this.

Just a couple of thoughts...

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