Re: [SMARTY] config_load

On 31 Jan 2003 at 13:53, Jason M. Yonan wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> I am new to Smarty and have a question about how to load a config file
> from a smarty object. The docs seems to point that you can do the
> following, but this doesn't seem to be possible with version 2.3.1.
> 
> $smarty = new Smarty;
> $smarty->config_load("my.conf");
> 

As you say this method is not implemented yet in 2.3.1 but will be in 
the next major release (docs mention 2.4.0).

> The latest cvs seems to include this function, but the 2.3.1 version only
> has a private function _config_load(). What is the preferred way to load a
> config file in the latest stable version? Sorry if I am missing something
> obvious.
> 
> Jason

Currently you can directly use the Config_File class (see 
Config_File.class.php). I didn't find the right documentation for this 
since I don't use config files but I'm sure you will be able to make use 
of the class API.

Alternatively you can use PHP's internal ini-file parser (see docs for 
parse_ini_file()), but there are some syntax differences:
- Comment lines must begin with semicolon (;)
- No multiline support
- You cannot use " characters in strings

ini files are perfect for application configuration such as short strings, 
flags, bit-fields and numbers. They are parsed very fast, much faster 
than Smarty's config files and even faster than php scripts.

-- 
Ferdinand Beyer
<fbeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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