Comments on: Automatically choose database connections in CakePHP

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:10:54 +0000

@sehrry
It can be done.but not in the bootstrap file which is one time startup.you will have to hook into your login workflow and make the change through App: config.
App controller might be a decent place since all requests can access it.
Good luck

By: Sehrry

Sehrry — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:29:04 +0000

I need to let users to change the current database, For example, I have Oracle and MySQL and I want to let user change the db from setting page! Any idea?

Thanks
Sherry

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:47 +0000

this works for me:

if (stristr($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], ‘MyServerName’)) {

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By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:08:26 +0000

@gattu
The point here is to get away from manually set variables. IMHO code should not change between environments

By: gattu marrudu

gattu marrudu — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:35:15 +0000

Iuse a similar method, but set a constant APP_ENV in the main index.php file – easier to find, and to switch options automatically (debug level, security etc.) in other files.

function __construct() {
switch(APP_ENV) {
case ‘production’:
$this->default = $this->production;
case ‘staging’:
$this->default = $this->staging;
default:
$this->default = $this->devel;
}
}

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:14:42 +0000

This was very helpful, thanks! Solved a problem for me!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:54:05 +0000

Small point, how about reducing it further?

function __construct () {
// Set default DB
$this->default = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ==’digbiz.example.com’?$this->prod:$this->dev;
}

By: Raphael Spindell

Raphael Spindell — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:31:21 +0000

Why not streamline all this if/else and just use the default: case

//check to see if server name is set (thanks Frank)
switch($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']){
case ‘digbiz.localhost’:
$this->default = $this->dev;
break;
case ‘digbiz.example.com’:
$this->default = $this->prod;
break;
default:
// we are likely baking, use our local db
$this->default = $this->dev;
}