Since you used the word DEFINE in your post, my guess is this would be sufficient. However, if you need something with state, or something more dynamic, then this may not be enough.
FWIW, auto-prepended files can also include logic, database queries, include other files, or anything else that you can do with an include file... so it's not just a list of variables -- it's a PHP script.
You can set the php.ini directive auto_prepend_file to the full path of the file at a server level (eg a dedicated server), or at a directory level using a .htaccess file, with something like:
---
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value auto_prepend_file '/path/to/file.php'
</IfModule>
---Or you can do it the old-fashioned-way at script level with
<? include('path/to/file.php'); ?>If you want your scripts to be as portable as possible, the last option is fail-safe. Option requires you to basically be the sys admin of your server, and option 2 requires your sysadmin to allow .htaccess files with tweaking of PHP (quite common, but not always).
Justin French
On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 09:54 PM, Lloyd Bayley wrote:
Greetings Everyone,
I am still new to PHP but am progressing nicely. I has helped a lot that I have had vast experience with ColdFusion (sorry) but have seen the light and am now doing rather nicely in PHP.
My question is as follows...
I have certain functions, variables etc that I would like to be active in an application-wide state.
CF has an "application.cfm" file that is read in (if it exists in the directory) which is used for this purpose.
Is there a similar creature in PHP? If not, how is it best to define application-level stuff?
Many Thanks In Advance,
Lloyd. :-)
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