Ok so, say you've been making a script in PHP that needs access to MySQL, usually you'd get users to edit a file themselves (ie: config.php).
So I've made a small script that includes 3 files, install.php, config.php & readme.txt.
Install.php is what the user opens, and puts the MySQL information inside, the script them checks to makesure that config.php is writable (CHMOD: 777), tests the MySQL connection, tests the Database, then if it all works, writes the MySQL configuration to config.php.
config.php has to be CHMOD: 777, it stores the variables for MySQL, and also connects to MySQL for you, so all you have to do is use include("config.php"); to use MySQL in your own scripts.
readme.txt just explains to the user what they have to do.
config.php
PHP Code:
<?php
//Try Local host if nothing else works
$mysql_server = "localhost";
//mysql username
$mysql_user = "";
//mysql password
$mysql_pass = "";
//mysql database
$mysql_db = "";
?>
Install.php
PHP Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>MySQL Config Script</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family: verdana;
background-color: #f0f0f0;
}
a:link, a:visited
{
color:#1c67ff;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover
{
color:#5ab7ff;
text-decoration: none;
}
.defaulttext
{
font-size: 10px;
color: #2f2f2f;
}
input.input
{
width:150px;
height:20px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
font-size: 10px;
}
input.submit
{
width:100px;
height:20px;
color: #000000;
font-size: 10px;
}
.defaulttext
{
font-size: 10px;
color: #2f2f2f;
}
.bigtext
{
font-size: 15px;
color: #2f2f2f;
font-weight: bolder;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<span class="bigtext">MySQL Config</span>
<div style="width:400px; border-width:1px; border-style: solid; border-color:#939393;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="400">
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center">
<?php
//Script created by Sketchie - Help from Bfsog.
echo '<span class="defaulttext">';
if ($_POST['submit']=="submit")
{
$file = "config.php";
$mysql_server = addslashes($_POST['mysql_server']);
$mysql_user = addslashes($_POST['mysql_user']);
$mysql_pass = addslashes($_POST['mysql_pass']);
$mysql_db = addslashes($_POST['mysql_db']);
if (is_writable($file)) {
$dbcx = mysql_connect($mysql_server, $mysql_user, $mysql_pass);
if($dbcx)
{
$dbc = mysql_select_db($mysql_db, $dbcx);
if($dbc)
{
$ferror = TRUE;
$write = "<?php \$mysql_server=\"$mysql_server\"; \$mysql_user=\"$mysql_user\"; \$mysql_pass=\"$mysql_pass\"; \$mysql_db=\"$mysql_db\"; ?><?php \$dbcx = mysql_connect(\$mysql_server, \$mysql_user, \$mysql_pass); ?><?php mysql_select_db(\$mysql_db, \$dbcx); ?>";
if (!$handle = fopen($file, 'w'))
{
echo "<span style=\"color:#ff0000\">Cannot open file ($file).</span>";
$ferror = FALSE;
$show = TRUE;
}
if (fwrite($handle, $write) === FALSE)
{
echo "<span style=\"color:#ff0000\">Cannot write to file ($file).</span>";
$ferror = FALSE;
$show = TRUE;
}
if ($ferror)
{
echo "MySQL data was sucessfully added to ($file).<br/><br/>Please Delete install.php";
}
}
else
{
echo '<span style="color:#ff0000">Could not connect to MySQL Database, Please makesure you entered the right database name.</span>';
$show = TRUE;
}
mysql_close($dbcx);
}
else
{
echo '<span style="color:#ff0000">Could not connect to MySQL, Please enter your settings correctly.</span>';
$show = TRUE;
}
} else {
echo '<span style="color:#ff0000">The config.php is not writable, please set chmodd on config.php to 777 or edit it manually.</span>';
$show = TRUE;
}
}
if ($show || empty($_POST['submit']))
{
echo '<form action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'" method="POST">';
echo '<b>MySQL Settings</b><br/>';
echo 'Server:<br/>(If you don\'t know try localhost or ask your host).<br/>';
echo '<input type="text" name="mysql_server" value="localhost" class="input" /><br/><br/>';
echo 'Username:<br/>';
echo '<input type="text" name="mysql_user" value="'.$mysql_user.'" class="input" /><br/><br/>';
echo 'Password:<br/>';
echo '<input type="password" name="mysql_pass" value="" class="input" /><br/><br/>';
echo 'Database:<br/>';
echo '<input type="text" name="mysql_db" value="'.$mysql_db.'" class="input" /><br/><br/><br/>';
echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />';
echo '</form>';
}
echo '</span>';
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
readme.txt
Code:
Upload Install.php and Config.php to your chosen folder on your website.
In your FTP, CHMOD config.php to 777 (so install.php can write to it).
Open up install.php in your web browser and fill in your MySQL details.
The script will then auto detect whether your MySQL information is correct (and whether config.php is writable).
After sucessfull installation delete install.php.
HELP
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If you can't CHMOD, edit config.php manually.
CREDITS
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MySQL Config Script created by Sketchie - with help from bfsog.
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