directory configuration/setting

[uyuni]

Some directory settings are in Settings.php and others are in the database (eg. smileys_dir). The setting of the rootdirectory should be only in one place!

Now it is quite difficult to move SMF to another directory.

Solution:
Setting of rootdir and URL only in Settings.php and other directories relative of these settings.

It is better to have directory settings in a file than in the database. Then settings for 2 servers (test and productive) can be easily separated.


Emilio

[metallica48423]

this is why we provide repair_settings.php (What is repair_settings.php?)

[uyuni]

repair_settings is nice but a workaround.
All directory settings in one place is much better!

[Oldiesmann]

It's not a "workaround" of any kind. It's a tool to make changing paths and URLs much easier.

There are a couple of reasons we don't store every single path and URL in Settings.php:

1. The larger the file is, the longer it will take to load it.
2. It's not very efficient. If we stored the path and URL for every theme and smiley set in Settings.php, then this information would get loaded on every page view - even for themes and smiley sets you're not using...

[uyuni]

You don't have to store every path in settings.php.
You just have to store the rootdirectory in settings.php.
All other directories should be relative. I still think they would be better in one place but if they are relative in the database it's also OK.
I don't think it's necessary to specify all directories (eg smileys_dir). Shouldn't that be always in the same place relative from rootdir?

[Oldiesmann]

Storing the full path and URL allows for a lot more flexibility.