NAME

       ZoneMinder::Config - ZoneMinder configuration module.

SYNOPSIS

       use ZoneMinder::Config qw(:all);

DESCRIPTION

       The ZoneMinder::Config module is used to import the ZoneMinder configuration from the
       database. It will do this at compile time in a BEGIN block and require access to the
       zm.conf file either in the current directory or in its defined location in order to
       determine database access details, configuration from this file will also be included. If
       the :all or :config tags are used then this configuration is exported into the namespace
       of the calling program or module.

       Once the configuration has been imported then configuration variables are defined as
       constants and can be accessed directory by name, e.g.

       $lang = $Config{ZM_LANG_DEFAULT};

METHODS

       loadConfigFromDB ();
           Loads existing configuration from the database (if any) and merges it with the
           definitions held in this module. This results in the merging of any new configuration
           and the removal of any deprecated configuration while preserving the existing values
           of every else.

       saveConfigToDB ();
           Saves configuration held in memory to the database. The act of loading and saving
           configuration is a convenient way to ensure that the configuration held in the
           database corresponds with the most recent definitions and that all components are
           using the same set of configuration.

   EXPORT
       None by default.  The :constants tag will export the ZM_PID constant which details the
       location of the zm.pid file The :config tag will export all configuration from the
       database as well as any from the zm.conf file The :all tag will export all above symbols.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.zoneminder.com

AUTHOR

       Philip Coombes, <philip.coombes@zoneminder.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2001-2008  Philip Coombes

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of
       Perl 5 you may have available.