As of Zoph 0.8.2 zoph.ini is one of the two configuration files for Zoph. config.inc.php is the other one, which is described in the chapter on configuration. In zoph.ini tells Zoph where it can find the database and it tells Zoph's CLI scripts where it can find your Zoph installation. Normally, zoph.ini will be placed in /etc. If you have no write access in /etc or have another reason to not put this file there, you should change the INI_FILE setting in config.inc.php and the 'zoph' CLI utility. Important! Never, ever, place it in the same directory as the Zoph PHP files. This will enable everyone to download it and read your passwords. An example zoph.ini file called zoph.ini.example is included in the cli dir of the Zoph tarball. zoph.ini consists of one or more sections. A section starts with the name of the section between square brackets. [zoph] You should create a section for each Zoph installation on your system. The section name is a descriptive name that you can choose yourself. Each section must contain the following settings: db_host The hostname of the system that is running your MySQL server, usually "localhost". db_name The name of the database. If you have followed the installation instructions closely, this will be zoph, but of course you are free to use any other name. db_user The user to connect to your Zoph database. If you have followed the installation instructions closely, this will be zoph_rw, but of course you are free to use any other name. db_pass Password to connect to the database. This is what you have set while creating users for Zoph in MySQL. db_prefix Zoph can prefix all MySQL table names with a prefix string. This is especially useful for people who only have a single database to use and want to use multiple applications on, for example, a shared hosting environment. By default, this is "zoph_". php_location With the php_location setting, you define where the PHP-files for your Zoph installation are located. This is necessary for the Zoph CLI scripts to locate the rest of your Zoph installation. All values that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in double quotes. It won't hurt to use quotes even if the values are purely alphanumeric. Most Zoph users will have only one Zoph installation on their system. This is how a zoph.ini for a single installation looks: [zoph] db_host = "localhost" db_name = "zoph" db_user = "zoph_rw" db_pass = "pass" db_prefix = "zoph_" php_location = "/var/www/html/zoph" You can have multiple Zoph installations on one system. For example, one for yourself and one for a family member or friend; or, if you are a Zoph developer, a development and a productions environment. If you have more than one Zoph installation, simply create a section per installation. For example: [production] db_host = "localhost" db_name = "zoph" db_user = "zoph_rw" db_pass = "pass" db_prefix = "zoph_" php_location = "/var/www/html/zoph" [development] db_host = "localhost" db_name = "zophdev" db_user = "zoph_rw" db_pass = "pass" db_prefix = "zoph_" php_location = "/var/www/html/zophdev" The webinterface of Zoph will be able to determine which settings it should use with the php_location setting. The CLI scripts need the --instance parameter to determine that. If you omit the --instance parameter, it will use the first one in zoph.ini.
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