updated April 8th, 2012, according to DotKernel version 1.6.0 pre-release
The application.ini file stores the main settings for the application. The file is split in different sections, each defining an environment: production, staging and development.
Each environment can have different settings.
In application.ini we have the following variable settings:
- website.param.url – the application URL
- database.params – database settings(host, database name, username, password, profiler)
- phpSettings – different PHP settings customization should be mentioned here
- settings – application settings split into modules (admin, frontend,…)
- resources – list of modules
application.ini sample code:
[production] website.params.url = http://www.dotkernel.net database.params.host = localhost database.params.dbname = dot_kernel database.params.username = dot_kernel database.params.password = XXXXXX database.params.charset = utf8 database.params.profiler = FALSE database.params.persistent = FALSE phpSettings.display_errors = 0 phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1 phpSettings.date.timezone = America/New_York ;list settings settings.admin.salt = 5F6WQ9U3YT settings.frontend.debugbar = false settings.admin.debugbar = false ; list all modules resources.modules.frontend = frontend resources.modules.admin = admin resources.modules.rss = rss ;session related settings resources.session.use_only_cookies = on resources.session.remember_me_seconds = 3600 resources.geoip.path = externals/geoip/GeoIP.dat resources.useragent.wurflapi.active = TRUE resources.useragent.wurflapi.redirect = TRUE resources.useragent.wurflapi.api_version = "1.2.1" ; only use APC for caching wurfl, anything else is useless resources.useragent.wurflapi.cache = TRUE resources.useragent.wurflapi.cache_namespace = TESTNAMESPACE resources.useragent.wurflapi.cache_lifetime = 3600 resources.useragent.wurflapi.lib_dir = APPLICATION_PATH "/library/Wurfl/" resources.useragent.wurflapi.config_file = APPLICATION_PATH "/configs/useragent/wurfl.xml" [staging: production] ; Staging site configuration data inherits from production and ; overrides values as necessary website.params.url = http://v1.dotkernel.net database.params.host = localhost database.params.dbname = dot_v1kernel database.params.username = dot_v1kernel database.params.password = XXXXXX database.params.profiler = true phpSettings.display_errors = 1 ;list settings settings.frontend.debugbar = true settings.admin.debugbar = true [development: production] ; Development site configuration data inherits from production and ; overrides values as necessary website.params.url = http://localhost/DotKernel database.params.host = 127.0.0.1 database.params.dbname = dot_kernel database.params.username = root database.params.password = 1234 database.params.profiler = true phpSettings.display_errors = 1 phpSettings.date.timezone = Europe/Bucharest ;list settings settings.frontend.debugbar = true settings.admin.debugbar = true |
As you may have noticed, each environment overwrites the previous environment’s settings.
If you consider that your application needs more setting variables, feel free to add them.
This file is read by the Zend_Config_Ini class:
//Load configuration settings from application.ini file $config = new Zend_Config_Ini(CONFIGURATION_PATH.'/application.ini', 'production' ); $url = $config->website->param->url; |