Question

Current structure:

htdocs
  mums
    demo.php
    login.php
    mums
      classes
        mums.class.php
      includes
        global.inc.php
        config.inc.php

I want to keep mysql database info and the location of the folder containing the mums folder (the internal one) in config.inc.php. Example:

// CONFIG
$mumsConfig['dbName'] = 'mums';
$mumsConfig['dbUser'] = 'root';
$mumsConfig['dbPass'] = 'pass';
$mumsConfig['dbHost'] = 'localhost';
$mumsConfig['folder'] = 'mums';
// END CONFIG

I’d like to include the config file in any class.php file that needs it and also in the global.inc.php file for every page that needs it. The problem is I’m storing the location of the library ($mumsConfig[‘folder’]) in the config file, so I can’t include the config.inc.php file until I know that, which is in the file itself…..

I’m really at a loss on how to set up a very simple config file. FYI this is all staying on LAN so no need to worry about security.

Answer 1

Since both include files are in the same directory i.e under includes. You can just do require('config.inc.php') in global.inc.php