[RFC] Outside data stored outside forum directory

[ToonArmy]

The other cache modules store their configuration as constants, there is no way around this as we need the cache instantiated before selecting the configuration tables contents.

[Oleg]

I guess you could come up with a complex way to configure the cache. But there's no way you can predict the arguments the module will need. Creating the instance directly seemed like the simplest and most flexible way to do it. Of course, it's just a suggestion.

Supposing a cache instance is created like this:

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$cache = new cache($a, $b, $c);


The following could be done instead:

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// config.php
$cache_args = array($a, $b, $c);

// elsewhere
// php 5.1.3+. http://php.net/manual/en/function.call-user-func-array.php
$reflectionObj = new ReflectionClass($cache_className);
$cache = $reflectionObj->newInstanceArgs($cache_args);


Using a variable seems more consistent with e.g. cache type.

[Oleg]

Related: cache, files, store paths should be configurable

[*Daniel]

Just wondering if there an update to this?