Hi,

I'm trying to bring SS3 config code more in line with the new config system. How can I set configuration values of a module outside of the module's _config/*.yml?

For example, a problem I'm trying to address is that I'm making changes to the silverstripe-googlesitemaps default configuration ie google_notification_enabled=true.

googlesitemaps/_config/googlesitemaps.yml

---
Name: googlesitemaps
---
GoogleSitemap:
  enabled: true
  objects_per_sitemap: 1000
  google_notification_enabled: true
  use_show_in_search: true

Everytime I run a composer update and a new version is downloaded, the settings that I've made are replaced with the module's default. Of course, I can merge them back after a source control diff but I'm wondering if there is a better way to do it.

Previously, in /mysite/_config.php, I'd call GoogleSitemap::enable_google_notification(); which is now deprecated. But I could simply place the new equivalent in /mysite/_config.php:

Config::inst()->update('GoogleSitemap', 'google_notification_enabled',  true);

Is this the best/only approach? Or is it better to stick with modifying the _config/googlesitemaps.yml to keep in line with the new Config approach and get the performance benefits. Or would the performance benefits be negligible ?

Also from what I read in the documentation, the _config/ directory containing the YAML files seemed to be focused on modules. Another approach could be a mysite/_config/sitewide.yml where we can do site wide overrides of modules' default configuration variables? If so what would the syntax be to modify another module's configuration values?

Thanks.

Kind regards,
VWD.

Take a look at the example YAML files in framework and cms. You'll want to use After to indicate that your configuration should be loaded *after* the modules default.

http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/topics/configuration has an in-depth explaination.

Thanks for your reply Will. Will give it a shot.

VWD.

Here's what I did and it seems to work:

mysite/_config/sitewide.yml

---
Name: googlesitemapsoverride
After:
  - '#googlesitemaps'
---
GoogleSitemap:
  google_notification_enabled: true

Hope it's useful to others too.

Thanks Will.
VWD