Req #66114 [Opn->Sus]: Request to add save_ini_file()

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66114&edit=1 ID: 66114 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: garet at approachfoundation dot org Summary: Request to add save_ini_file() -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Any (FreeBSD) PHP Version: 5.5.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This feature (request) requires the RFC process[1]. Feel free to start it anytime! [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-18 20:09:07] garet at approachfoundation dot org 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66114&edit=1