use them $privateConfigFile = $_SERVER['HOME'] . '/owncloud-extfs-test-config.php'; if (file_exists($privateConfigFile)) { $config = include($privateConfigFile); return $config; } // this is now more a template now for your private configurations return array( 'ftp'=>array( 'run'=>false, 'host'=>'localhost', 'user'=>'test', 'password'=>'test', 'root'=>'/test', ), 'webdav'=>array( 'run'=>false, 'host'=>'localhost', 'user'=>'test', 'password'=>'test', 'root'=>'/owncloud/files/webdav.php', ), 'google'=>array( 'run'=> false, 'configured' => 'true', 'client_id' => '', 'client_secret' => '', 'token' => '', ), 'swift'=>array( 'run'=>false, 'user'=>'test:tester', 'token'=>'testing', 'host'=>'localhost.local:8080/auth', 'root'=>'/', ), 'smb'=>array( 'run'=>false, 'user'=>'test', 'password'=>'test', 'host'=>'localhost', 'share'=>'/test', 'root'=>'/test/', ), 'amazons3'=>array( 'run'=>false, 'key'=>'test', 'secret'=>'test', 'bucket'=>'bucket' //'hostname' => 'your.host.name', //'port' => '443', //'use_ssl' => 'true', //'region' => 'eu-west-1', //'test'=>'true', //'timeout'=>20 ), 'dropbox' => array ( 'run'=>false, 'root'=>'owncloud', 'configured' => 'true', 'app_key' => '', 'app_secret' => '', 'token' => '', 'token_secret' => '' ), 'sftp' => array ( 'run'=>false, 'host'=>'localhost', 'user'=>'test', 'password'=>'test', 'root'=>'/test' ) );