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I was just poking around my EE files and looked at the file “system/expressionengine/config/database.php”.  The value for ‘cachedir’ is

      “/........./public_html/xxxxx/expressionengine/cache/db_cache/”

where “xxxxx” was the first version of how I renamed the “system” folder (I renamed it yet another time)
and moreover the path hierarchy represents where “system” was before I moved it above the webroot.

Just what kinds of problems am I in for?!  I don’t see how to manage this value within the EE Control Panel. Must it be changed, and if so, should I just edit the file directly?

Thanks.

Jonathan

Just one of many options

This excellent article advises dumping database.php altogether and going DRY

Apply the DRY Principle to Build Websites With ExpressionEngine 2

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/apply-the-dry-principle-to-build-websites-with-expressionengine-2/

Good luck

Thanks for the reference and I’ll look at it more carefully in the future.  But I’m not interested right now in modifying EE files; more interested in understanding the effects of having an incorrect path and how best to change it without causing any other side effects.  Did I miss a direct Control Panel setting?  Should I just simply correct the path within the file and assume everything else is okay.  Perhaps it just doesn’t matter.

Hey nroptions,

I am sorry to hear you are running into this problem.

Check out the config.php file for the following lines.

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Cache Directory Path
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Leave this BLANK unless you would like to set something other than the default
| system/cache/ folder.  Use a full server path with trailing slash.
|
*/
$config['cache_path'] = '';

Set that there and tell me if this helps.

Cheers,

Actually I don’t use cacheing at this point, so I’m not sure there really is an issue.  My hosting site is at EngineHosting.com and they don’t particularly recommend it.  I had redefined the cachedir so it has a proper path, but I like your suggestion better.

Thanks for the info and consider the thread closed.

Closing this thread at your request.