| Re: Local vs. hosted connection [message #176982 is a reply to message #176981] |
Mon, 13 February 2012 13:26  |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 2/13/2012 7:56 AM, bill wrote:
> On 2/12/2012 11:13 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 2/12/2012 10:50 AM, Aulë wrote:
>>> On 2/11/2012 2:46 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If it's outside the DOCUMENT_ROOT so no one can download it, it's
>>>> secure. Otherwise a server misconfiguration can expose you
>>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Nice. Okay.
>>>
>>>> Why not just include a configuration file on both systems,
>>>> each with the
>>>> appropriate settings? Much cleaner and less error prone.
>>>
>>> Are you referring to a PHP.INI? If so, I wasn't aware that I
>>> could do so
>>> on the host. That would definitely simplify some things.
>>>
>>
>> No, I'm referring to your own configuration file. Your file;
>> include it where you need the information in it. Call it conf.php
>> or whatever; it keeps server-specific information in it.
>
> example:
> <?
> error_reporting(E_ALL); // of course you put this in for testing
No, this is in the php.ini file, not the code. Of course it will be
different in your development and production systems, but should never
be set in a production system (at least not for very long).
The only time I enabled error_reporting on a production system was to
troubleshoot what ended up being a server configuration problem.
> require ("myconf.php"); // different on the server and for testing
>
>
>>
>>>> BTW - unless you are the domain owner for mywebhost.com, you
>>>> should not
>>>> be using their name. Instead, use example.com, example.org,
>>>> etc., which
>>>> have been specifically reserved for such uses.
>>>
>>> I have no explanation for {not} thinking "mywebhost" wouldn't
>>> be an
>>> actual site. That is excellent information about "example"
>>> domains.
>>>
>>> TYVM.
>>
>>
>
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