[TYPO3] localconf.php syntax error can bring all sites down?

Bing Du bdu at iastate.edu
Fri Jul 21 15:53:41 CEST 2006


Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Bing Du wrote:
> 
>> Our page tree has multiple sites.  I just noticed that if 
>> localconf.php file has any syntax error, e.g. a missing ';', all the 
>> sites will be brought down.  Anybody have the similiar experience?
> 
> 
> Yes. But this is not typo3 problem. This is how PHP works.
> 
> 
>> I'm wondering if localconf.php could be possibly handled like how 
>> Apache handles its configuration files.  That is each site can have 
>> its own Apache conf file.  Therefore, problems with one site's config 
>> won't hurt other sites.
> 
> 
> Apache has nothing to do here. localconf.php is a part of typo3 
> installation. If it contains error, PHP cannot continue and brings the 
> whole typo3 down.
> 

Thanks Dmitry.  I did not try to find out who should be responsible for 
the problem.  What I'm after is if there are
any ways to make the impact as minimum as possible.

Bing



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