I'd like some reactions to this kind of addition to Cake in a future
version.
cake/config/paths.php is the file that defines the locations of files
and directories.
Most defines look like this:
define('CSS', WWW_ROOT.'css'.DS);
Some of them anticipate that they might have been set before, like:
if (!defined('VENDORS')) {
define('VENDORS', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH.DS.'vendors'.DS);
}
Problem is that you can't choose the locations of all these 100% of
the time. Some of these are set in app/webroot/index.php. As some
might have already figured out index.php is not loaded for shell
tasks, making any edits you make prone to elusive errors where tasks
do not run as expected. And there is currently no other place (that I
know of outside the core) besides index.php to make any modifications
to paths.
My proposal is for an app-specific paths file. This file would be
included before including the core paths.php for both shells and
browser requests.
The use of this would be limited. The scenario I personally would use
it in is to enable domain-specific tmp folders. This is part of my
passion for consolidated deployment. I deploy two separate projects
using a single core, a single app (one for each app of-course),
multiple configs, multiple databases. I was hoping for multiple tmp
folders next :)
You can see a detailed explanation of the setup I like here:
http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/one-core-one-app-multiple-domains
There might be other uses in some deployment layouts so instead of
begging for a way to define TMP before reaching paths.php I thought a
broader approach might be in order.
Do you have any other ideas or thoughts about this or related
"problems"?
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