[pmwiki-users] Beginner Question...

[IchBin]

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 05:32:35PM -0400, IchBin wrote:
>> Example: I define this is my config: Beginner Question...
>>
>> ## - ( VisitorsLogging \DB)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>       include_once('cookbook/VisitorsLoggingDB.php');
>>       $VisitorsLoggingDBDatabase = 'visitors_log';
>>       $VisitorsLoggingDBServer   = 'localhost:3306';
>>       $VisitorsLoggingDBUserid   = 'DBUserid';
>>       $VisitorsLoggingDBPassword = 'DBPassword';
>>       $VisitorsLoggingDBHome     = 'weconsultants.phpnet.us';
>>
>> In the recipe I do the following to make sure the vars have the value
>> passed:
>>
>>       SDV($VisitorsLoggingDBDatabase, ' ');
>>       SDV($VisitorsLoggingDBServer, ' ');
>>       SDV($VisitorsLoggingDBUserid, ' ');
>>       SDV($VisitorsLoggingDBPassword, ' ');
>>       SDV($VisitorsLoggingDBHome, ' ');
>>
>> All are evaluated to be ' ';  What do I have to do to pass the defined
>> vars and their  value to the recipe from the config?
> 
> Depending on how VisitorsLoggingDB.php is written,
> it's likely that you need to be setting the values of
> $VisitorsLoggingDB... *before* including the php script,
> instead of after -- especially if the script is immediately
> acting on them.
> 
> The SDV() function doesn't allow us to magically look ahead
> in the config.php file to see if a value is going to be set,
> all it does is say "if this variable doesn't already have a value,
> give it this one".
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Pm
Thanks Patrick, I was loading the module before setting the defaults.

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