README.md

Codeigniter-Config-Writer

Permanently update config values using this library here

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STEPS

1 Download the library https://github.com/hollax/ArrayConfigWriter and extract it under libraries folder of your codeigniter project

2 Create a new class under your libraries folder, name it as prefered, e.g Config_Writer

3 Inside the the class you created, include the library class

require_once APPPATH . 'libraries/array_config_writer/class-array-config-writer.php';

/**
 * Get instance of the config writer
 * 
 * @param string $file Absolute path to config file , default to the main config file
 * @param string $variable_name The name of varible(array) that holds items 
 * @return \Array_Config_Writer
 */
public function get_instance( $file = null , $variable_name = 'config' )
{
    if(!$file)
    {
        $file = APPPATH.'config/config.php';
        
    }
    return new Array_Config_Writer( $file , $variable_name );
}

You can start usinng the library to update the config items

USAGE

 $this->load->library('config_writer');
 //to write the main config file, omit the argument
 $writer = $this->config_writer->get_instance();
 $writer->write('compress_output' , true );

If you check the compression config option, it should now be set to true

  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Output Compression
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Enables Gzip output compression for faster page loads.  When enabled,
  | the output class will test whether your server supports Gzip.
  | Even if it does, however, not all browsers support compression
  | so enable only if you are reasonably sure your visitors can handle it.
  |
  | VERY IMPORTANT:  If you are getting a blank page when compression is enabled it
  | means you are prematurely outputting something to your browser. It could
  | even be a line of whitespace at the end of one of your scripts.  For
  | compression to work, nothing can be sent before the output buffer is called
  | by the output class.  Do not 'echo' any values with compression enabled.
  |
  */
  $config['compress_output'] = true;

##To update the db configuration

   $this->load->library('config_writer');
   //to write the main config file, omit the argument
   // notice that the first argument points to the database config file and 
   //the second argument is the $db config variable name in the file
   $writer = $this->config_writer->get_instance( APPPATH.'config/database.php', 'db');
   // to update the host name
   $writer->write( array('default' , 'hostname' ) , 'thehostname' );

Check the database.php config file, you should see

    $db['default']['hostname'] = 'thehostname';

Another use case is , updating language file.

I use this library to manage my codeigniter project languages.