Re: [PHP] Re: Config files: what is best? (was: Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?)

2011-04-04 Thread Richard Quadling
On 3 April 2011 21:38, Peter Lind peter.e.l...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 April 2011 22:35, Andre Polykanine an...@oire.org wrote: Hello Peter, Thanks a lot! And is there a way to set (write) custom values in files other than php.ini? Sorry, didn't find such a function. I haven't come across

[PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Jason Pruim
So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading on XML and honestly it looks pretty cool... BUT the question is... Is it truly useful or is it

Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Sheridan
Jason Pruim li...@pruimphotography.com wrote: So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading on XML and honestly it looks pretty cool... BUT the

Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Per Jessen
Jason Pruim wrote: So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading on XML and honestly it looks pretty cool... BUT the question is... Is it

Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Lind
Like every other technology, XML needs to have a use before it becomes a useful tool. Just using XML because it's available quickly leads to headaches, as it isn't the best tool for all scenarios (config files written in XML for instance). That said, XML is awesome for a lot of things ... however,

[PHP] Config files: what is best? (was: Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?)

2011-04-03 Thread Andre Polykanine
/menelion (mostly in Russian) Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion Original message From: Peter Lind peter.e.l...@gmail.com To: Per Jessen Date created: , 10:27:09 PM Subject: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity

[PHP] Re: Config files: what is best? (was: Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?)

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Lind
On 3 April 2011 21:41, Andre Polykanine an...@oire.org wrote: Hello Peter, Just because you mentioned config files. What  would  you suggest me as better format for them? Database is not available  yet  since  I  need to make a config file before creating a database. For config files I

Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Camilo Sperberg
El 03-04-11 14:41, Jason Pruim escribió: So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading on XML and honestly it looks pretty cool... BUT the

Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?

2011-04-03 Thread Jason Pruim
On Apr 3, 2011, at 3:31 PM, mrfroasty wrote: On 04/03/2011 08:41 PM, Jason Pruim wrote: So the subject says it all... And yes I know this isn't related to PHP but it's the weekend and I trust the opinions on this list more then any other list I have seen. I've been doing alot of reading

Re: [PHP] Re: Config files: what is best? (was: Re: [PHP] XML... Useful or another layer of complexity?)

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Lind
On 3 April 2011 22:35, Andre Polykanine an...@oire.org wrote: Hello Peter, Thanks a lot! And is there a way to set (write) custom values in files other than php.ini? Sorry, didn't find such a function. I haven't come across any, but then again, I haven't had the need so never looked much ...