Re: [PHP-PEAR] RFC on merge of PHPLib and Pear

[Björn Schotte <[email protected]>]
> * Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> > Your argument isn't exactly convincing. Put it this way: I could always 
> > subclass PEAR's DB_mysql if I wanted to, and supply the parameters in the 
> > class. Could I use a config file without re-writing phplib's DB_sql, or setting 
> > the parameters manually after instantiating the object (ugly)? No.
> 
> Repeating again: subclassing is the ground concept of
> PHPLIB. There's no need for config files. (Personally,
> I don't like config files for elementary things like
> Session, Auth etc. which are the ground base of my
> application. I like config [files|db|data container]
> for the datas my application handles with)

Subclassing limits your options to just subclassing.  In Chuck's
DB_mysql example, runtime configuration gives you one more option.

 - Stig

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  Stig Sæther Bakken <[email protected]>
  Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway