laurent22/konfig

Simple configuration class with support for cascading file system.

konfig

Simple configuration class for PHP with support for cascading file system., _(*1)

Installation

Either copy the Konfig.php class or add this to composer.json:, _(*2)

 require {
    "laurent22/konfig": "dev-master"
 }

Usage

Each config files is a simple PHP file that returns an associative array. For example:, _(*3)

return array(
    'host' => '127.0.0.1',
    'port' => '6543',
    'user' => 'dbadmin',
    'password' => '123456',
);

Assuming this kind of file structure:, _(*4)

config/
    dev/
        database.php
        default.php
    live/
        database.php
        default.php

The following can be used to load the config files:, _(*5)

// Always load the live environment
Konfig::addLookupFolder('config/live');

// But allow overriding the values if we are in development environment:
if (ENV == 'dev') Konfig::addLookupFolder('config/dev');

Then to access the values:, _(*6)

$dbHost = Konfig::get('database', 'host');

$fullDbConfig = Konfig::getGroup('database');

The relevant files are loaded only as needed (if they are not used, nothing gets loaded)., _(*7)