I think php.net/ini going to the right place would be good.  So I guess
"ini" would be my suggestion.

-Rasmus

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We just noticed a major problem in the docs, and so we
> would like to invent a new name for php.ini settings.
>
> Now look at
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.configure.php and
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php pages
>
> I am sure that it is confusing for people, to have two
> completely different sections, with names consequently
> starting with "config" [configuration and configure options].
>
> We should invent another name for php.ini directives,
> eg. "settings" or some other word, that is easily
> distinquisable from "configure". I was also confused for
> some days when I first saw these two chapters (years
> ago ;).
>
> Yes, you can say, that we have a note on the configure
> options page, that these are compile time options.
>
> But there are many places, where we refer to "configure
> options", and "configuration directives" (yes, we use
> these two phrases for the two distinct things).
>
> Consider the massive base of Windows users, who even
> don't know what is configure, and what to do with
> configure options, while they are interested in php.ini
> settings.
>
> IMHO it is not corrent to name php.ini settings as
> "configuration directives", as we refer to them now...
>
> Is "setting" / "ini setting" / "ini directive" / "directive"
> the right name to use for php.ini directives, and
> "configure option" to use for configure options?
>
> Goba
>
>


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