Req #67331 [Opn]: Have parse_ini_file add empty entries

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67331&edit=1 ID: 67331 Updated by: philip@php.net Reported by: philip@php.net Summary: Have parse_ini_file add empty entries Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Configuration Issues PHP Version: 5.6.0beta3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Johannes pointed out another example. Python allows the "No value" style, as documented here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#supported-ini-file-structure Also, assigned value for these is worth discussing, as perhaps no value entries should be defined as NULL instead of ""? In that case, the expected results would be: array(3) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["auto-refresh"]=> NULL ["baz"]=> string(0) "" } Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-05-22 22:27:16] philip@php.net Description: ------------ MySQL has options (such as "no-auto-rehash") in my.cnf that do not take values. In this case, it's one of the following: no-auto-rehash auto-rehash The parse_ini_* functions ignore these, as they lack an "=". Test script: --------------- philip$ php -r '$s = "foo = bar\nauto-rehash\nbaz ="; var_dump(parse_ini_string($s));' Expected result: ---------------- array(3) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["auto-refresh"]=> string(0) "" ["baz"]=> string(0) "" } Actual result: -------------- array(2) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["baz"]=> string(0) "" } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67331&edit=1