[SOLVED] how to properly use a config.php file?

[xiao]

I currently use something like this:

 

config.php

<?php

/**
* @author Sander Quirynen
* @copyright IPCS.be
*/

# Language

//ID of...
$instT = "1";

 

index.php

...
require ("config.php");
...

 

But I get an error on my index.php saying

Notice: Undefined variable: instT in C:\xampp\htdocs\pcconfig\index.php on line 128

I include the file on line 8...

 

[xiao]

Fixed it.

I was trying to use those variables inside functions '

Is there maybe a better way besides using 'global $...' everytime I need sth in a function?

I don't really want to use session variables either since I already use like 30 of those.

[ToonMariner]

IMO you should NOT use variables as configuration settings - instead use constants; after all configuration settings are constants...

 

My config files take the guise of...

 

<?php

define ( 'SETTING1' , 'setting1value'); // comment on constants meaning
?>

 

the beauty of using constants over variables lies in the memory use involved - constants are more efficient.

[xiao]

and how do you use constants? :$

[tippy_102]

and how do you use constants? :$

Here is the information on using constants:

http://ca.php.net/constants