-- Jonathan Maron <jonathan.a.ma...@gmail.com> wrote (on Thursday, 28 May 2009, 11:19 AM +0200): > For a number of reasons, I prefer to store configuration options in > XML files and not INI files. > > In "application.ini", it is possible to specify constants in the values: > > [production] > bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php" > bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap" > resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH > "/controllers" > > The structure of the above in XML would be: > > <production> > <bootstrap> > <path></path> > <class></class> > </bootstrap> > <resources> > <frontController> > <controllerDirectory></controllerDirectory> > </frontController> > </resources> > </production> > > How can I use constants in the XML?
At this point, you can't. It has to do with differences between how PHP handles INI files and how it handles XML. I believe there's an issue in the tracker already regarding this, but the solution to it looks to be fairly tricky. > For example, I would like to specify: > > <production> > <bootstrap> > <path>APPLICATION_PATH . /Bootstrap.php</path> > </bootstrap> > </production> > > But this does not work. The value production->bootstrap->path is > treated as a string: > > "Warning: require_once(APPLICATION_PATH . /application/Bootstrap.php) [...]" > > Similarly, I would like to set the error_reporting level: > > <production> > <phpSettings> > <error_reporting>E_ALL|E_STRICT</error_reporting> > </phpSettings> > </production> > > But again, the constants are treated as strings and consequently are not set. > > Is it at all possible to work around these issues but still use XML to > store application settings? > > I am using Zend Framework 1.8.2 (same behavior in 1.8.1). > > Thank you in advance. > > Jonathan Maron > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Project Lead | matt...@zend.com Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
