/cc @michalsn

Honestly speaking data folder placed in a root folder looks a bit "random" to me. Also, I don't like the idea of having a "special" folder in the project root just in case someone will use SQLite3 database.

Overall I'm not sure if placing database in the writable folder is really an issue... but if we must move it somewhere else, I would choose app/database folder - it seems more logical and usually, we don't delete anything from there.

Anyway, this change will stay with us for some time, so I can't be the one to decide about this.

@lonnieezell, @MGatner any thoughts?

I think that for permissions handling we should keep everything that the framework needs write access to in the writable folder. I understand the concerns from @ivantcholakov that this groups temp data together with important and sensitive data but I think the configuration and security issues are more important.

Personally I always put my SQLite database at writable/database.db as it is super clear what it is (this is your database) and skips the extra folder. We also have precedence for this from the Playground: https://github.com/codeigniter4projects/playground/blob/develop/.env.example

ok, closing it

Well... now I'm wondering if placing database at writable/database.db isn't actually a better idea 😅

🤷‍♂️ I think it's open. Since #3142 hasn't been released I think it is safe to change, but I also think your solution is fine. The only additional advantage I see to writable/database.db is that it doesn't require a change to .gitignore and the new data folder, which amount to required updates to existing projects.

It's definitely not too late for any changes in this matter.

Another advantage is that when we access writable directory, we immediately see the database file, so it's less likely to be deleted by accident.

Ok, I will update to point to writable dir

Sounds good. Thanks you two! Good progress. It will be nice not having to set that variable in every SQLite test scenario now too :)

@michalsn @MGatner updated

Looking better! Do we know what $this->database will be by default? I think it would be good to add the file to .gitignore (e.g. writable/database.db) but I can't immediately tell if that's the correct name.

updated with simplified check database !== 'memory' && strpos($this->database, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) === false for adding WRITEPATH prefix

I would try to add writable/*.db and writable/*.sqlite to the .gitignore. $this->database is empty by default, so it can be anything. In fact, we can't be sure if the file extension will be used at all.

I've added writable/*.db and writable/*.sqlite to .gitignore

I updated tests config to use "database.db" to prove that the patch is working

@MGatner @michalsn travis build green 🎉