README

A simple (but effective!) system for managing different versions of configuration files and their settings.

Development Setup

There are no dependencies other than PHP (of course) to use the system, however if you'd like to use the source code and run the tests, feel free to clone or download the repo and run the following commands from the repository root:

composer update
vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit.xml ./Tests

Installation

As with most things, I've made this available via Composer, you can add "andym84/config": "^1.0" to your composer.json or you can simply execute the command:

composer require andym84/config

Alternatively, of course, you're welcome to simply download the source code and reference it manually.

Usage

Usage of the system requires at least two things:

1. A script that executes the Migrator
2. A folder that contains one or more instruction files

Assuming you'll use a directory called cfgMigrations for your instruction files, your usage may be as simple as this:

require('vendor/autoload.php');

use AndyM84\Config\ConfigContainer;
use AndyM84\Config\Migrator;

// Perform any required migrations
$migrator = new Migrator('cfgMigrations');
$migrator->migrate();

// Consume the config file for easy use
$cfg = new ConfigContainer(file_get_contents('siteSettings.json'));

echo($cfg->get('configVersion')); // Echos whatever version your configs are at after migration

Consider the following two instruction files in your cfgMigrations directory, 0-1.cfg and 1-2.cfg.

cfgMigrations/0-1.cfg

siteVersion[str] + 1.0.0
siteTitle[str] + Default Title

cfgMigrations/1-2.cfg

siteTitle > frontTitle
backTitle[str] + Default Backend Title
smtp.host[str] + localhost
smtp.port[int] + 25
corsOrigins[str[]] + http://localhost
corsOrigins[str[]] + https://mydomain.com

If you run these through a migration, the system will produce the following siteSettings.json file:

{
    "schema": {
        "configVersion": "int",
        "siteVersion": "str",
        "frontTitle": "str",
        "backTitle": "str",
        "smtp.host": "str",
        "smtp.port": "int",
        "corsOrigins": "str[]"
    },
    "settings": {
        "configVersion": 2,
        "siteVersion": "1.0.0",
        "frontTitle": "Default Title",
        "backTitle": "Default Backend Title",
        "smtp": {
          "host": "localhost",
          "port": 25
        },
        "corsOrigins": [
          "http://localhost",
          "https://mydomain.com"
        ]
    }
}

Config Migrations

Each config migration is a file with simple per-line instructions. The file name is in the format <VERSION1>-<VERSION2>.cfg, which allows the system to know which version it should look to migrate from and to. Instructions contain 2-3 segments:

<field-name-and-type> <operator>[ <value>]

The first two segments are required, and the third (value) is optional depending on the operator being used. The following operators are available:

+ Add field w/ value
> Rename field
= Change field value
- Remove field

Valid field types:

int Integer
flt Float
str String
bln Boolean
int[] Array of Integers
flt[] Array of Floats
str[] Array of Strings
bln[] Array of Booleans

The array types can be added, renamed, or removed from migration files, but cannot be changed.

Finally, when used, the value segment can contain any character (excluding the newline), as well as these special values:

""          Empty string
${propName} Interpolates the value of an existing property (will not be replaced if the property doesn't exist)

Finally, an example migration script, 3-4.cfg, which migrates the config file from version 3 to 4:

someVersion[str] + 1.1.2
ownerName[str] + Andrew Male
ownerFirstName -
ownerLastName > ownerSurname

This file will perform the following actions, in order:

• Add someVersion string property with value 1.1.2
• Add ownerName string property with value Andrew Male
• Remove ownerFirstName property
• Rename ownerLastName property to ownerSurname
• Set configVersion integer property to 4 based on the file name