[geeklog-devel] Re: Updated Installer

[Tom Willett]

Isn't this approach just asking for support headeaches?  The settings in 
config.inc.php override the settings in config.php.  So someone tries you 
editor and config.inc.php is created.  They decide then to edit config.php 
directly and then cannot figure out why the changes do not take effect.  You 
will have to retrain everyone.

Tom

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:16:19 -0600 (CST), Tony Bibbs wrote
> Maybe add a $_CONF['doing_install'] variable (true/false).
> 
> Then in lib-common.php check that setting before overwriting anything?
> 
> --Tony
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Dirk Haun wrote:
> 
> > Blaine Lang <langmail at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > >breaking it into sections 
> > 
> > Hmm, I didn't think about grouping. Actually, the options are grouped,
> > since they are displayed in the order they are defined in config.php.
> > There's just no optical separation ...
> > 
> > I wanted a generic solution. If you haven't looked at the source yet:
> > This one simply loops through the $_CONF[] array and displays any key/
> > value pairs it finds. So every time a new config variable is added to
> > config.php, this script will pick it up automatically. Otherwise,
> > maintaining this may become a pain.
> > 
> > But now that this works, we can apply some simple filters and jazz it up
> > a bit (see attachment).
> > 
> > 
> > >for easier user understanding of the settings,
> > >and some error checking
> > 
> > This should take care of both :-) What do you think?
> > 
> > 
> > I found one problem, though: What it displays for $_CONF['theme'] and
> > $_CONF['language'] are in fact the settings of the current user, since
> > the original $_CONF values are overwritten with the user's settings in
> > lib-common.php. Looking for a solution ...
> > 
> > bye, Dirk
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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