Req #51982 [Com]: Unexpected TC_SECTION with parse_ini_file/string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51982&edit=1 ID: 51982 Comment by: info at maartendeboer dot net Reported by: uramihsayibok at gmail dot com Summary: Unexpected TC_SECTION with parse_ini_file/string Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: PHP options/info functions Operating System: Win 7 PHP Version: * Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I recommend implementing this the Zend Framework way using '.' as separator for multi dimension "arrays". [section] foo.bar[] = "a" would then result in: section - foo - bar - 0 = "a" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-02 22:58:48] uramihsayibok at gmail dot com Description: ------------ parse_ini_file and parse_ini_string can't handle arrays with multiple dimensions. Test script: --------------- <?php $ini = <<<INI a[b] = "c" d[e][f] = "g" ; line 2 INI; var_dump(parse_ini_string($ini)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- An appropriate var_dump Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: syntax error, unexpected TC_SECTION, expecting '=' in Unknown on line 2 (or the INI filename instead of "Unknown" when using parse_ini_file) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51982&edit=1