[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11059: Discourage plugin authors calling wp-config.php directly

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#11059: Discourage plugin authors calling wp-config.php directly
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 Reporter:  strider72    |        Owner:          
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:          
Component:  General      |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment(by westi):

 I'm not sure I see the benefit of this as a way of educating users.

  * It only works on new installs - old installs already have a wp-
 config.php file
  * It requires that WP_DEBUG is enabled (and it should if it wants to
 error out) - but the setting of WP_DEBUG implies the plugin/theme author
 has half a clue as to what they are doing.

 I think we do much better to put the message out explicitly that
 plugins/themes should never ever ever ever need to pull in wp-config.php /
 wp-load.php / wp-blog-header.php directly.

 Pulling in those files is all about integrating WordPress into a 3rd part
 system.

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