Yup, Just keep a minimal include file for access to the DB's etc, then keep a config table in MySQL, and write an interface for it. Nice idea for some stuff (like "how many news items to show on the front page"), bad idea for other stuff (like "server root").
I might look into something like that for myself :) Justin French on 27/04/02 6:14 AM, Erik Price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > 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 > > > > > ---- > > 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
