Write INI files with PHP
INI files are particularly helpful for small configurations. The Zend framework intensively uses INI files (from their beginners guide). You can use parse_ini_fileto read the configuration listed in there. However, what if we wanted to modify the INI files?
Here's a small function I picked up on the documentation of the parse_ini_file. This function will successfully allow you to write to ini files.
write_ini_file($assoc_arr, $path, $has_sections = FALSE)
{
$content = "";
if ($has_sections) {
foreach ($assoc_arr as $key=>$elem) {
$content .= "[".$key."]\n";
foreach ($elem as $key2=>$elem2)
{
if(is_array($elem2))
{
for($i=0;$i<count($elem2);$i++)
{
$content .= $key2."[] = \"".$elem2[$i]."\"\n";
}
}
else if($elem2=="") $content .= $key2." = \n";
else $content .= $key2." = \"".$elem2."\"\n";
}
}
}
else
{
foreach ($assoc_arr as $key=>$elem) {
if(is_array($elem))
{
for($i=0;$i<count($elem);$i++)
{
$content .= $key2."[] = \"".$elem[$i]."\"\n";
}
}
else if($elem=="") $content .= $key2." = \n";
else $content .= $key2." = \"".$elem."\"\n";
}
}
if (!$handle = fopen($path, 'w'))
{
return false;
}
if (!fwrite($handle, $content))
{
return false;
}
fclose($handle);
return true;
}
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