Configuration of your scripts has never been so easy.

About SQLconf

SQLconf is a small set of PHP functions which provide facilities for writing and reading configuration for your PHP scripts. Using MySQL as the backend and a minimal, automatically updated conf.php file, SQLconf provides a solution for both simple projects and larger, modular environments.

Configuration in a database? Why?

Because it can be easily modified. Because databases contain very smart code optimised for speed, and almost any other solution besides using plain define()-filled files would be slower. Because while editing one configuration value, it is much harder to mess up other values.

I'm not convinced. Show me an example!

require('sqlconf.php');
$value = getConf('myModule','myName);
// returns the value, such as "123"

$modconf = getConf('myModule');
// returns an array of all keys and values for module "myModule"
setConf('myModule','newKey','newValue');
// adds or updates a new key/value pair for module "myModule"

It doesn't get any simpler than this, does it?

Ready to give it a try?

SQLconf is released under GPL. You may download SQLconf as a ZIP file or as a tar.gz file. Read the readme.txt for the installation instructions, and enter the world of SQLconf :-)

Author info and feedback

SQLconf was written by Max Timchenko. The idea came to him just as he was working on adding several new defines to a config.php on one of his websites. Since SQLconf was so useful to him, it had been touched up, had an install script and a readme file attached to it, and released into the big world.

Send thank-you e-mails, hate mail, bug reports, feature requests, and anything else besides spam to sqlconf@maxvt.com.

If you are really impressed with SQLconf, it has saved you a lot of time and helped you much, consider donating a few bucks to the author. The author vows to spend the money on new programming books, legal software, and Yanni CDs…