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| author | Greg Aker <greg@gregaker.net> | 2011-12-25 08:44:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Aker <greg@gregaker.net> | 2011-12-25 08:44:33 +0100 |
| commit | ef38f0a6d83025fbd99ace5ec60311acfe9121c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 1728bc5df9412d8eccc2919bf3cd3f6bbe6a52d0 /user_guide_src/source/database | |
| parent | d90e1a0fb541ee94459a20cf8b0726aebaec9692 (diff) | |
| parent | a96ade374f28cdae97036fc253fd8b2a0e8dc81a (diff) | |
Merge branch 'develop' into feature/unit-tests
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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst | 42 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst index 687f0d920..433c67152 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst @@ -28,6 +28,48 @@ prototype:: $db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE; $db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE; +You can also specify failovers for the situation when the main connection cannot connect for some reason. +These failovers can be specified by setting the failover for a connection like this:: + + $db['default']['failover'] = array( + array( + 'hostname' => 'localhost1', + 'username' => '', + 'password' => '', + 'database' => '', + 'dbdriver' => 'mysql', + 'dbprefix' => '', + 'pconnect' => TRUE, + 'db_debug' => TRUE, + 'cache_on' => FALSE, + 'cachedir' => '', + 'char_set' => 'utf8', + 'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci', + 'swap_pre' => '', + 'autoinit' => TRUE, + 'stricton' => FALSE + ), + array( + 'hostname' => 'localhost2', + 'username' => '', + 'password' => '', + 'database' => '', + 'dbdriver' => 'mysql', + 'dbprefix' => '', + 'pconnect' => TRUE, + 'db_debug' => TRUE, + 'cache_on' => FALSE, + 'cachedir' => '', + 'char_set' => 'utf8', + 'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci', + 'swap_pre' => '', + 'autoinit' => TRUE, + 'stricton' => FALSE + ) + ); + +You can specify as many failovers as you like. + The reason we use a multi-dimensional array rather than a more simple one is to permit you to optionally store multiple sets of connection values. If, for example, you run multiple environments (development, |