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

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

I agree with Martin that we need to provide some additional options, 
which I would be happy to help with.  Another option would be a command 
line php script, much like Squirrelmail's perl configuration script.

jbw

Martin Geisler wrote:
> 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...
>