[Xerte-dev] Re: config.php should it be config-dist.php?

[Pat Lockley]

It depends on which system you mean - Wordpress requires you to edit a config file and it makes the install awkward in my mind.

Drupal doesn't require any editing, unless you want to multi site.

I don't think moodle has a dist?

I don't think config dist is standard for all

You might want to phrase the problem as - why are there hard coded settings in config.php?

On 18 Jul 2012, at 11:07, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi
> been wondering about this...
>  
> Although at the moment there isn't much to configure in config.php apart from commenting/un-commenting the required authentication method renaming config.php to config-dist.php would follow the way other apps do this. The reason it's relevant is when dragging the latest code over the top of an existing install where at the moment config.php overwrites the existing file and therefore changes the authentication back to guest.
>  
> Having said that I guess changing it to config-dist.php has implications for the quick xampp install code where the file would need to be copied/renamed like what used to happen with demo.txt.
>  
> If we don't rename I guess there needs to be a reminder somewhere about not overwriting an existing 1.8 config.php
>  
> Just wondering...
> 
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