Req #66114 [NEW]: Request to add save_ini_file()

From: garet at approachfoundation dot org Operating system: Any (FreeBSD) PHP version: 5.5.6 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Request to add save_ini_file() Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.parse-ini-file --- Though this is a simple request, I think being able to load and save ini files of this format will increase application portability in the long run for many people. If there were also a way to somewhat augment the parsing schema, to catch other common *nix .conf files, t'would be pretty nice. Test script: --------------- <?php //Load my own configuration file for the user running this app $ThisAppnConfig = parse_ini_file('~/.MyApplication'); //Load the global configuration for some package used in this app $SomeAppConfig = parse_ini_file('/etc/SomeApp/default.conf'); $ThisAppConfig['SomeApp.host']=$SomeAppConfig['host'] $SomeAppConfig['host']=$ThisAppConfig['host']; //Update the user's settings to be compatible with my app save_ini_file($SomeAppConfig,'~/.SomePackage'); //Save the old value in case the user needs it save_ini_file($ThisAppConfig,'~/.ThisPackage'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- After loading and parsing two, standard configuration document, the developer uses values and may or may not transfer them to/from other config files with the same format. At the end, a configuration file is generated from the associative array supplied. The only caveat is that on saving, a diff tool should be employed to align any pre-existing key/values to their same line number. By only appending new data to the end, we preserve any user-provided comments as well. Would also be nice to have similar nesting detection both ways. I,e providing the following.. Array ( [first_section] => Array ( [one] => 1 [five] => 5 [animal] => Dodo bird ) [second_section] => Array ( [path] => /usr/local/bin [URL] => http://www.example.com/~username ) ) Works as expected to append/replace within a section before falling back to file append. Actual result: -------------- None, feature request. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66114&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66114&r=mysqlcfg