Okay, let me be more specific in hopes of a response.
My database.php file contains the following class statement:
class DATABASE_CONFIG {
var $default = array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'persistent' => false,
'host' => $_SERVER['NCGE_NEW_DB_HOST'],
'login' => 'xxxxxxx',
'password' => 'xxxxxxxxxx',
'database' => 'xxxxxxx',
'prefix' => '',
);
var $test = array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'persistent' => false,
'host' => 'localhost',
'login' => 'user',
'password' => 'password',
'database' => 'test_database_name',
'prefix' => '',
);
}
Use of $_SERVER[['NCGE_NEW_DB_HOST'], which is set to "localhost",
produces the error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /var/www/test/soc/
ncge/app/config/database.php on line 84
If I define the same $default array elsewhere in a test php program
and display it with a print_r function, it works fine.
Why do values from the $_SERVER array fail to resolve in this context
or is there an obvious syntax error in what I've specified?
On Jan 23, 10:04 am, bj204 <bobj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When configuring database.php, is it possible to assign elements from
> the $_SERVER array (which I have set up to include login, password and
> database name values) to corresponding elements of the $default or
> $test arrays?
>
> If so, could someone please describe the syntax or other requirements
> for doing this properly.
>
> I have experimented with many different specifications, some of which
> work without giving syntax errors, but none so far have allowed me to
> connect to a database, whereas just including the actual strings works
> fine.
>
> Is doing something like this considered good database security
> practice in the CakePHP world, or are there other preferred ways of
> protecting database access information? As may be obvious, I'm very
> new to this environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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