RE: [PHP] looping variables from a file

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan A [mailto:ryan@coinpass.com] > Sent: 24 March 2004 17:30 > > Hi, > I have a config_inc.php file which has around 60 parameters set in it. > eg: > $db_name="something"; > $db_user="root"; > $db_pass="blah"; > $x_installed_path="/home/blah/"; > etc > > I have a requirment of echoing out these statements to the > client to show him how his setup is: > > eg: > echo "DB_name=<font color green>".$db_name."</font>"; > > if I was getting variables via a POST or a GET I would use > something like > this: > > foreach ($_POST as $key => $val) > { echo "$key=<font color green> $value </font>";} > > as you can imagine the above loop will save a crapload of > time instead of "partially hard codeing" each key and value > but how do I do this while reading from a file? and the other > big problem is the file contains one or two arrays... One possibility, if you're able to change the format of the config_inc file without causing too much havoc, would be to write it something like this: $CONFIG = array( 'db_name' => 'something', 'db_user' => 'root', 'db_pass' => 'blah', 'x_installed_path => '/home/blah/', ... ); Then you have your array all neatly set up for you. (And you can always extract($CONFIG) whilst you convert all your other usages to $CONFIG[]...!!) I do like John Holmes's solution, though! As far as the arrays-within-the-array goes, this sounds like a perfect setup for a recursive procedure. If you write it to emit, say, an unordered list, then each recursive call will produce a nested list and, hey presto!, you've got nicely structured output too. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211