[wp-hackers] wp-config.php, wp-load.php, and ABSPATH

[Stephen Rider]

On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Otto wrote:

> So, you're asking if we should instantly and intentionally break every
> plugin that includes wp-config.php?
>
> Yeah, I'm fine with it. ;)

Heh.  Okay, to rephrase the question (via quoting myself):

> Here is my proposal: We should assert, in documentation and in code,  
> that any time a plugin or process wants to access parts of WP  
> (including the database), it should call wp-load.php.
...
> [W]e should put a "deprecated" call with the define() in wp-config  
> (inside the "if it doesn't already exist" clause), so that if it  
> does happen, there is a notice to the log that "You should not call  
> wp-config.php directly. Call wp-load.php instead."  Then somewhere  
> down the road we can get rid of the troublesome define.