On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi gang: > > More of a question of method rather than of "right" or "wrong" -- of the two > methods mentioned here, which way would be "better" and why? > > 1. Setting $GLOBALS one time as shown here. > > At 12:23 AM -0400 6/19/08, Robert Cummings wrote: >> >> And the variables are defined in config.php >> >> -------------- >> config.php >> -------------- >> <?php >> >> //Mysql vars >> $GLOBALS['mysql_host'] = "localhost"; >> $GLOBALS['mysql_user'] = "user@localhost"; >> $GLOBALS['mysql_pass'] = ""; >> >> ?> > > > 2. Or, setting variables as shown below and including them when needed? > > -------------- > config.php > -------------- > <?php > > //Mysql vars > $localhost = 'localhost'; > $mysql_user = 'user@localhost'; > $mysql_pass = ''; > > ?> > > Cheers, > > tedd > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I use a static class for my config. I know using an array would be faster but I need to have consistency between the projects. An example would be: $_cfg = array( 'local.writable.path' => $localPath .'writable/', 'local.template.path' => $localPath .'templates/', 'root' => '/' ); ... $_cfg['fck.editor.url'] = $_cfg['currentHost'].'lib/FCKEditor/'; $_cfg['fck.config'] = $_cfg['currentHost'].'lib/FCKEditor/'; $_cfg['fck.config.js.url'] = $_cfg['currentHost'].'fckconfig.js.php'; blah_Config::setMany($_cfg); Then $root = blah_Config::get('root'); Out of the two methods that you described, I would go with the $GLOBALS. Although I would make sure to put my config into a separate array so that there is less chance of collisions. The reason I would use the globals array is because it is very obvious that you are using a global variable that came from somewhere else. Plus there is a much smaller chance that you will create a $GLOBALS entry for a temp variable that would overwrite your $db_host variable. $GLOBALS['config']['db_host'] = 'localhost'; If it is only you working on your project never using any outside code it really doesn't matter though. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
