settings.example.php File Reference

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Namespaces
	Elgg\Core
	Activate a plugin or plugins.

Variables
global	$CONFIG
if(!isset($CONFIG)) $CONFIG	dbuser = '{{dbuser}}'
	The database username. More...
$CONFIG	dbpass = '{{dbpassword}}'
	The database password. More...
$CONFIG	dbname = '{{dbname}}'
	The database name. More...
$CONFIG	dbhost = '{{dbhost}}'
	The database host. More...
$CONFIG	dbprefix = '{{dbprefix}}'
	The database prefix. More...
$CONFIG	broken_mta = false
	Multiple database connections. More...
$CONFIG	db_disable_query_cache = false
	Disable the database query cache. More...
$CONFIG	min_password_length = 6
	Minimum password length. More...
$CONFIG	exception_include = ''
	This is an optional script used to override Elgg's default handling of uncaught exceptions. More...

Variable Documentation

global $CONFIG

Examples:

/root/Elgg/engine/lib/output.php, and /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 17 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG broken_mta = false

Multiple database connections.

Elgg supports master/slave MySQL configurations. The master should be set as the 'write' connection and the slave(s) as the 'read' connection(s).

To use, uncomment the below configuration and update for your site. Memcache setup (optional) This is where you may optionally set up memcache.

Requirements: 1) One or more memcache servers (http://www.danga.com/memcached/) 2) PHP memcache wrapper (http://php.net/manual/en/memcache.setup.php)

Note: Multiple server support is only available on server 1.2.1 or higher with PECL library > 2.0.0 Better caching performance

Configuring the location of your data directory and enabling simplecache in the settings.php file improves caching performance. It allows Elgg to skip connecting to the database when serving cached JavaScript and CSS files. If you uncomment and configure these settings, you will not be able to change them from the Elgg advanced settings page. Cookie configuration

Elgg uses 2 cookies: a PHP session cookie and an extended login cookie (also called the remember me cookie). See the PHP manual for documentation on each of these parameters. Possible options:

• Set the session name to share the session across applications.
• Set the path because Elgg is not installed in the root of the web directory.
• Set the secure option to true if you only serve the site over HTTPS.
• Set the expire option on the remember me cookie to change its lifetime

To use, uncomment the appropriate sections below and update for your site.

array $CONFIG->cookies Use non-standard headers for broken MTAs.

The default header EOL for headers is
. This causes problems on some broken MTAs. Setting this to true will cause Elgg to use
, which will fix some problems sending email on broken MTAs.

bool $CONFIG->broken_mta

Definition at line 174 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG db_disable_query_cache = false

Disable the database query cache.

Elgg stores each query and its results in a query cache. On large sites or long-running scripts, this cache can grow to be large. To disable query caching, set this to true.

bool $CONFIG->db_disable_query_cache

Definition at line 185 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG dbhost = '{{dbhost}}'

The database host.

For most installations, this is 'localhost'

string $CONFIG->dbhost

Definition at line 60 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG dbname = '{{dbname}}'

The database name.

string $CONFIG->dbname

Definition at line 51 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG dbpass = '{{dbpassword}}'

The database password.

string $CONFIG->dbpass

Definition at line 44 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG dbprefix = '{{dbprefix}}'

The database prefix.

This prefix will be appended to all Elgg tables. If you're sharing a database with other applications, use a database prefix to namespace tables in order to avoid table name collisions.

string $CONFIG->dbprefix

Definition at line 71 of file settings.example.php.

if (!isset($CONFIG)) $CONFIG dbuser = '{{dbuser}}'

The database username.

string $CONFIG->dbuser

Definition at line 37 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG exception_include = ''

This is an optional script used to override Elgg's default handling of uncaught exceptions.

This should be an absolute file path to a php script that will be called any time an uncaught exception is thrown.

The script will have access to the following variables as part of the scope global $CONFIG $exception - the unhandled exception

Warning

- the database may not be available

string $CONFIG->exception_include

Definition at line 211 of file settings.example.php.

$CONFIG min_password_length = 6

Minimum password length.

This value is used when validating a user's password during registration.

int $CONFIG->min_password_length

Definition at line 194 of file settings.example.php.