If you install Joomla on multiple servers, you can have a config file that works on all servers. You don’t have to change the config file everytime you copy to a different host. I will show you how to do it easily, so you can work on a development server as well as production server without breaking the site.

Open the config file in Joomla root folder. You can use Notepad or any PHP Editor. Add a condition statement “if else” right before the class JConfig.

$server = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’];

if($server == ‘server1’){

  //place the class Config here and change all appropriate variables for that server

  class JConfig {
     var $offline = ‘0’;
     var $editor = ‘tinymce’;

    …

    var $host = ‘host_1’;
    var $user = ‘username_1’;
    var $db = ‘database_1’;
    var $dbprefix = ‘js_’;

   } //remember to close your class

}

else{

//place the class Config here and change all appropriate variables for the second server

  class JConfig {
     var $offline = ‘0’;
     var $editor = ‘tinymce’;

    …

    var $host = ‘host_2’;
    var $user = ‘username_2’;
    var $db = ‘database_2’;
    var $dbprefix = ‘js_’;

   } //remember to close your class

}

You’re done! Now you can use the file on 2 different servers. If you have more than 2 servers, use another if or you can start using switch() function.

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