[PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Erik Price
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

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 27 April 2002 03:50, Erik Price 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,

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Richard Baskett
, 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

RE: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread John Holmes
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

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Richard Baskett
PROTECTED], 'PHP General' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] web application development question 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

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Erik Price
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

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Erik Price wrote: 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,

RE: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread SP
. -Original Message- From: Erik Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: April 26, 2002 4:15 PM 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

RE: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, SP wrote: How about storing it in a database like you said with variable and value but when you change a value then you write over your config.inc.php file with a new one. So you get to change the value easily in a database and by using a file you make your app faster

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Richard Baskett
- 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

RE: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Stuart Dallas
Message- From: Miguel Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 April 2002 21:19 To: Erik Price Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] web application development question On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Erik Price wrote: although include files are great for storing data that will probably not change

RE: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread SP
: RE: [PHP] web application development question On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, SP wrote: How about storing it in a database like you said with variable and value but when you change a value then you write over your config.inc.php file with a new one. So you get to change the value easily in a database

Re: [PHP] web application development question

2002-04-26 Thread Justin French
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