ATK Configuration
Below is a categorized list of configuration options. This page is far from complete. If you encounter a configuration value in ATK that is not listed here, please help us improve the documentation by adding it.
Within a category, the options are listed alphabetically.
Database Configuration
| Configoption | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| $config_db["default"]["driver"] | Which database driver to use | mysql,mysqli,mysql41,mssql,oci805,oci8,oci9,pgqsl,db2,i5 | mysql |
GUI Configuration
| Configoption | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| $config_menu_align | how the menu aligns. This is not a standard config variable, so you can't find it in config.inc.php | left, center, right | center |
| $config_recordlistorientation | Place the recordlist action icons on the left or right of recordlists. | right, left, both | right |
| $config_recordlistvorientation | Place the column headers (fieldname, searchfields etc.) at the top or bottom of recordlists. | top, bottom, both | top |
| $config_recordsperpage | The number of records to display in a list of records. If there are more records than this number, previous/next links and page numbers will be added. | positive number | 25 |
Relations
| Configoption | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| $config_manytoone_autocomplete_minchars | The number of characters a user must type before a manytoonerelation starts to do autocompletion | Number higher than 0 | 2 |
Auth Config
| Configoption | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| $config_auth_enablepasswordmailer = true; | This will put an extra button on the longin screen to have a password sent to the email address regered for the username entered. Of note, the following options must also be set for this to work: $config_auth_usernode = "module.nodename"; $config_auth_usertable = "user_tablename"; $config_auth_userfield = "username_fieldname"; $config_auth_emailfield = "useremail_fieldname"; $config_auth_passwordfield = "userpassword_fieldname"; | True | N/A |
| $config_alternative_loginform = 'http://myurl'; | For applications that do not want to use the atk login form or the htaccess box the config variable can contain an url to redirect to instead of displaying the login form of ATK. | Text with the url | N/A |
Other config
| Configoption | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| $config_edit_fieldprefix | This configoption sets the default fieldprefix for all fields in all nodes to use in ATK. If you only want to use the fieldprefix for some of the nodes in your ATK application use the setEditFieldPrefix method of the atknode class instead. | Text with the fieldprefix | N/A |