#38052 [NEW]: parse_ini_file() - escaping double quotes is impossible

From: alex at thresholdstate dot com Operating system: PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: parse_ini_file() - escaping double quotes is impossible Description: ------------ It appears there's no way a value in a .INI file can contain a double quote character. Backslash escaping is unsupported. If some other escaping method is available, the doc page doesn't mention it. Example is taken from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php#18216, posted in January 2002. C-style backslash escaping probably can't be supported due to Windows paths. Other escaping methods might be feasible: SQL-style doubled quote characters, for example. Reproduce code: --------------- var_dump(parse_ini_file("example.ini")); ;============================ ; Example Configuration File ;============================ [category] title = "Best Scripting Language" desc = "See <a href=\"http://www.php.net/\">PHP</a>!" Expected result: ---------------- array(2) { ["title"]=> string(23) "Best Scripting Language" ["desc"]=> string(13) "See <a href="http://www.php.net/">PHP</a>!" } Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: Error parsing a.ini on line 6 in Command line code on line 1 array(2) { ["title"]=> string(23) "Best Scripting Language" ["desc"]=> string(13) "See <a href=\" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38052&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38052&r=mysqlcfg