Agreed, this is how I would recommend you do it. I would be careful naming your include files with an .inc extension, though, since .inc isn't parsed by PHP and will be shown as plain text when pulled up in a web browser. I normally name them something like config.inc.php or database.inc.php, etc.
I've gotten into the habit, from working with GeekLog, to put everything into a $_CONF array. $_CONF["database"] = "MySQL"; $_CONF["multiplier"] = 1.5; etc... ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:01 PM > To: Erik Price; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] web application development question > > I usually have an info.inc file that has all these variables that I might > need to change. Then include it in the files that use those variables and > if I ever need to change one of them I just change it in the include file > and it updates everything that way.. > > Rick > > Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites > the > sensitive soul to tears. - Edgar Allan Poe > > > From: Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:50:08 -0400 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] web application development question > > > > For those of you who write web applications (in any language), what do > > you recommend as the best way to store arbitrary atomic data for the web > > application? in other words, data that doesn't really need to be stored > > in a relational database, as it does not really relate to anything? > > > > In the app I am working on (PHP/MySQL), there are several instances of > > this. One of them is: > > a multiplier of 1.5 is applied to any "materials cost" of posters > > ordered through my app. That is, although the "materials cost" to my > > employer is, say $0.076 per square inch, 0.114 is the amount that we > > charge per square inch (0.076 * 1.5). However, this multiplier could > > change at some point in the future, so I am hesitant to leave the number > > hard-coded into my page. I would rather have it stored in the database, > > where my employer can easily update or change it to another multiplier. > > But it seems awkward to create a table that simply maintains the > > multiplier: > > > > mysql> SELECT * FROM material_multiplier; > > +------------+ > > | multiplier | > > +------------+ > > | 1.50 | > > +------------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > > I suppose I could store a table with two columns, one being VARNAME the > > other being VALUE, and pull this kind of standalone data out of it, but > > was curious what other people do when they need to store something like > > this. > > > > > > Erik > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > Erik Price > > Web Developer Temp > > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
