Support external configuration file about ifm HOT 4 CLOSED

I understand your point. As you already pointed out, I don't want to look for a hard-coded config file as this would be a potential security risk. Nevertheless there are several approches which can solve this problem. Please tell me a bit more about the use case you think of.

I recently discussed the lack of a user management in #32, where I sketched out a possible wrapper for the IFM (you can find a very quick'n'dirty, unsecure, proof-of-concept here).

Depending on your actual use case, you could possibly use the libifm.php which gets compiled into the build directory. This is basically a complete IFM, but doesn't get started automatically. Combined with the ability to pass a custom config array in the constructor, if might be sufficient for you to do something like that:

<?php

require_once( "/any/where/libifm.php" );

$YOUR_CUSTOM_CONFIG = array(); // get the config array from anywhere

$ifm = new IFM( $YOUR_CUSTOM_CONFIG );
$ifm->run();

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I just thought about simplifying the update process when a new version of IFM is released or a Git build should be integrated. In that case one typically wants to keep the configuration, but update the code. Ideally the code could just be copied from the release archive without any further adaptations, replacing the old file(s).
Consider it as "nice to have" feature-request.

I haven't tried your code yet, but it seems to be a nice solution as it requires to update the libifm.php only while the configuration/launcher script can stay unchanged (as long as there are no breaking changes in the configuration/initialization).

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Well, yes, updating the IFM is not straightforward at the moment.

I just thought about reading the configuration from environment variables, if they exist. On the one side these are quite easy to set (regardless wheather you use mod_php or php-fpm) and on the other side it is secure, as you can't modify them directly using the IFM. Furthermore there is no need for a wrapper script or any other overhead.

I'll implement this in a separate branch and let you know.

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I added the ability to use environment variables to configure the IFM. See also this wiki page.

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