Posted by Malcolm Dew-Jones on 09/27/05 06:36

Bruce A. Julseth (bruceajNoSpam@attglobal.net) wrote:

: "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
: news:8eCdncKK9rJYsaXeRVn-1w@comcast.com...
: > Bruce A. Julseth wrote:
: >> I do my development on a local machine with "localhost" as my mysql
: >> server. And, of course, I have different server when in production. So
: >> that I don't have to modify my code when I promote, I first connect to my
: >> production server. If that fails, I connect to my local server. Is this
: >> the best way, or is there a better way? Is there a way to detect which
: >> MySQL server is currently available to me?
: >>
: >> Thanks...
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >
: > I just keep a configuration file in a directory below Apache root
: > directory so it can't be accessed from the web. The file contains things
: > like system names, user id's and passwords. I just include this file to
: > access the info.
: >
: > The file is different on different systems, but it resides in the same
: > location relative to $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].
: >
: > --
: > ==================
: > Remove the "x" from my email address
: > Jerry Stuckle
: > JDS Computer Training Corp.
: > jstucklex@attglobal.net
: > ==================

: My production server is on GoDaddy. I haven't checked yet, but I doubt
: GoDaddy will allow me to go outside of my "Paid" space. I know I cannot
: create a table via PHP. I have to use their "manual" interface. Of course, I
: can load the table with data using PHP.

But that doesn't stop you from having a config file as part of the
application.

: If my guess is correct, anybody have any other suggestions?

: Thanks..

: Bruce



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