Bug #54974 [NEW]: parse_ini_file() does not handle parens in property values

From: Operating system: RHEL 5 PHP version: 5.2.17 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:parse_ini_file() does not handle parens in property values Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.parse-ini-file#Description --- Using parse_ini_file() on a ini files that contain parens () in the property values throws and error. Example of Test.ini file: #S7Z OK #Wed Jun 01 18:58:52 PDT 2011 copyright=Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. imageServer.buildDate=Mon Apr 25 02:18:36 PDT 2011 imageServer.startTime=Mon Apr 25 16:10:52 PDT 2011 imageServer.version=4.9.2 Test script: --------------- print_r(parse_ini_file("Test.ini")); Expected result: ---------------- The parse_ini_file() should process any character in the property value else what good is it. Actual result: -------------- Warning: syntax error, unexpected '(' in Test.ini on line 3 in /opt/lampp/htdocs/working_deirdra/serverlist/serverlist_ajax.php on line 82 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54974&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54974&r=mysqlcfg