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[jon baer]

hi,

ive notice a few applications post a nice neat installation script located
usually under /install directory - mainly for mysql schemas and such + then
a new session tests to see if the dir exists warning the user to remove it
for security purposes.

normally when you pop in the mysql user/pass/db like this its considered
unsecure unless you tunnel or SSL (which ive still not been able to
accomplish w/ MySQL4 + php client classes) ...

@ the moment it seems as if every app has its own way of installation
(README vs. GUI scripts), but is there anything or any method on articles
anywhere discussing this from 3rd party view ... i see more + more apps
applying phplib/smarty so i thought maybe there would be a norm (since there
is no actual .jar like install) ... php --install *.gz would be a nice idea
...

i had been thinking pear install would make more sense but is there a way to
run a php script from within the install (for db setup?)

- jon

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