I suggest you not have any code read in the contents of text files to get variables. Instead, have files like "config.php" and "playerdata.php". Reading from text files is relatively slow, and prone to error, much more so than just having .php files included.
And, it still just requires editing files to be installed, so it is not that big a change for the user of the script.
Also, it would be good to be able to have all the main .php files in a folder, and then have various folders for different games in subfolders, with their appropriate config files and gamefile etc. folders. So you have something like:
se.net/pbw contains the pure code .php, with nothing specific to any game
se.net/pbw/b5modgame contains the mentioned config.php and playerdata.php, as well as its subfolders of gamefile, turnfiles, etc.
[ October 24, 2003, 14:30: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]