[dev] Generating conf.php

[Martin Fraser]

Nevermind!

I found that the generated PHP config file contains defaults from xml 
file if the array containing the configuration has empty values.

Initially, and what caused the question below, was that I thought if the 
  config value was in the array, even if it was empty, would be put in 
the output file.

Anyway, problem solved and I now have a way of automatically refreshing 
out of date config files.

Cheers.

Martin...

Martin Fraser wrote:
> Hey.
> 
> I'm working on a script to automatically update my horde installation 
> from CVS.
> It essentially does what I do on the command line right now.
> CV update, run framework installation then regenerate any out of date 
> configs.
> 
> My problem is with the config stuff.
> 
> I've had a good look at the code and I can get it generate a new config, 
> but what it currently does is simply read in the existing file with 
> getPHPConfig() then parsing the result with eval. I then use the 
> resultant array to generate a new config with
> generatePHPConfig(new Variables(), $currentConf)
> 
> The problem I'm having is with config settings that cannot be evaluated. 
> I'm running this a shell script and in the main horde conf.php there are 
> a couple of entries that access the $_SERVER[] array, which doesn't 
> exist on the command line. So my question is how does the ConfigForm 
> code output defaults from the xml file and how can I parse the existing 
> conf.php file without evaluating those strings so I can regenerate the 
> configuration from the new xml file as needed in my automated upgrade.
> 
> I hope all that makes sense.
> 
> Martin...
> 
>