#47859 [NEW]: parse_ini_file() does not like asterisk (*) in key in the beginning

From: ce at beer dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: parse_ini_file() does not like asterisk (*) in key in the beginning Description: ------------ parse_ini_file no longer likes * (asterisk) in the beginning of the configuration keys. Works just fine in PHP 5.2.5 it is a copy of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46347 but still the first part of the key cannot be * Reproduce code: --------------- Ini file with the following content: [section] *.part1.part2 = 1 PHP file: <?php parse_ini_file('test.ini'); Expected result: ---------------- ini file being parsed without any error messages Actual result: -------------- Warning: syntax error, unexpected '*' in test.ini on line 2 in test.php on line 2 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47859&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47859&r=mysqlcfg