You can still have it updateable by a client.  Fopen that file read it,
change the appropriate values and close it.. Voila!  All done :)

Rick

"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when
you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very
special" - Nelson Mandela

> From: Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:14:43 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] web application development question
> 
> 
> On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 03:58  PM, Jason Wong wrote:
> 
>>> 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?
>> 
>> Stick it in an include file?
> 
> I'm sorry, I meant to be more clear --
> 
> although include files are great for storing data that will probably not
> change (but are now in a convenient include file in case they have to
> change), I was thinking of making this data updateable from within the
> application.  So that my employer, who does not know a thing about PHP
> or MySQL, can change this information from the "administration" section
> of the site.  Which is why I was thinking of using the database...
> 
> ... well, I may just keep it in an include file, and if anyone ever
> needs to change the data, I'll explain in the documentation where the
> data should be changed.  Thanks for the tips guys
> 
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Media Lab, H.H. Brown
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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