Override Magento Config

Question

I am looking for a good solution to override the Magento config without changing the default values.

For example, I want to override the \"web/unsecure/base_skin_url

Answer 1

If you want to overwrite some special config data, you can put it in app/etc/local.xml. But thats only useful for your own shop, not for public modules.

Heres a way to overwrite the base_url for development-purposes without altering the database.

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                    http://dev.myshop.com/
                
                
                    http://dev.myshop.com/
                
            
        
        
            
                
                    http://dev.myshop.com/
                
                
                    http://dev.myshop.com/
                
            
        
    
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