If the application conguration is very complex, we can split it into several les,
each returning a portion of the conguration array. Then, in the main conguration
le, we can call PHP include() to include the rest of the conguration les and
merge them into a complete conguration array.
Can any one give example of it how it can be done.
Example:
return array(
'components' => array(
'db' => require(dirname(__FILE__).'/database.php'),
),
);
Load and merge the configuration files in the index.php.
See the chapter Application Configuration in this wiki.
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/../framework/yii.php';
require_once($yii);
...
$configDir = dirname(__FILE__).'/protected/config';
//Merge the config files:
//Settings from the other config files will extend or override the settings from previous (main.php,...)
$config=CMap::mergeArray(
require($configDir.'/main.php'),
require($configDir.'/yiistrap.php'),
require($configDir.'/yiiwheels.php'),
require($configDir.'/mongodb.php'),
.... add more ...
);
Yii::createApplication($config)->run();
The advantage of merging is that the config files can contain multiple config settings/entries and extensions.
In the example above the yiistrap.php can look like:
return array(
'import' => array(
'common.extensions.yiistrap.helpers.TbHtml',
),
// path aliases
'aliases' => array(
'bootstrap' => realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../extensions/yiistrap'),
),
'components' => array(
'bootstrap' => array(
'class' => 'bootstrap.components.TbApi',
),
),
);
The import/aliases/components will be merged with the import/aliases/components from main.php.
So, if you want to use yiistrap in a project you don’t have to take care about the settings in main.php, only merge with the yiistrap.php config file.
Define a common directory with all extensions and use predefined config files to include the set of extensions you need for a application project.