User settings in file not database

[Extreme43]

Hey,

I wanted to put all the user settings in a file on my webserver i just have a few questions i need answered

1. would it be alot slower to have 500 users in the data file then in a mysql database?

2. I have made a script to add the users into the data file using Arrays but it rewrites the whole file to insert a user at the end because of the close braces. Is it possible to just delete the end braces and add info and a brace...?

3. Is their a better way to have the users in a file


I need it in a file so it can run easily without a database

 

[Olavxxx]

This is much easier to do with a database.
It will also be *way* faster!

if you are to run a userlist in a flatfile, I would recommend you to find a guestbook script, which has an admin interface.

then you can see how it builds it's flatfile and how the admin interface finds the correct posts that you can edit or delete.

I would however do it in php/mysql.

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster

 

[Extreme43]

hmm
yea i just want to explore and see some other stuff