note 82900 added to function.parse-ini-file

Comments don't have to have an entire line dedicated to them. You can put a comment on the same line as a section or variable/value declaration and the built-in parse_ini_file() function will omit them. This being the case I took the liberty of revising goulven.ch AT gmail DOT com 's parse_ini() function. I also added the $process_sections argument to better reflect PHP's built-in parse_ini_file(). As soon as a semicolon is found in a line everything from that position to the end of the line is omitted so as to not become part of the value. However, any semicolon found that occurs between a single-quote or double-quote will be left alone to become part of the value. <?php function _parse_ini_file($file, $process_sections = false) { $process_sections = ($process_sections !== true) ? false : true; $ini = file($file); if (count($ini) == 0) {return array();} $sections = array(); $values = array(); $result = array(); $globals = array(); $i = 0; foreach ($ini as $line) { $line = trim($line); $line = str_replace("\t", " ", $line); // Comments if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9[]/', $line)) {continue;} // Sections if ($line{0} == '[') { $tmp = explode(']', $line); $sections[] = trim(substr($tmp[0], 1)); $i++; continue; } // Key-value pair list($key, $value) = explode('=', $line, 2); $key = trim($key); $value = trim($value); if (strstr($value, ";")) { $tmp = explode(';', $value); if (count($tmp) == 2) { if ((($value{0} != '"') && ($value{0} != "'")) || preg_match('/^".*"\s*;/', $value) || preg_match('/^".*;[^"]*$/', $value) || preg_match("/^'.*'\s*;/", $value) || preg_match("/^'.*;[^']*$/", $value) ){ $value = $tmp[0]; } } else { if ($value{0} == '"') { $value = preg_replace('/^"(.*)".*/', '$1', $value); } elseif ($value{0} == "'") { $value = preg_replace("/^'(.*)'.*/", '$1', $value); } else { $value = $tmp[0]; } } } $value = trim($value); $value = trim($value, "'\""); if ($i == 0) { if (substr($line, -1, 2) == '[]') { $globals[$key][] = $value; } else { $globals[$key] = $value; } } else { if (substr($line, -1, 2) == '[]') { $values[$i-1][$key][] = $value; } else { $values[$i-1][$key] = $value; } } } for($j = 0; $j < $i; $j++) { if ($process_sections === true) { $result[$sections[$j]] = $values[$j]; } else { $result[] = $values[$j]; } } return $result + $globals; } ?> usage regarding semicolons: <?php ;sample.ini variable1 = v1;v1 variable 2 = "v2;v2" variable_3 = "v3;v3;v3" variable4 = "v4;v4" ;v4 variable 5 = "v5;v5;v5" ;v5 variable_6 = "v6;v6" ;v6;; variable7 = "v7;;v7" variable 8 = 'v8;v8' variable_9 = 'v9;v9;v9' variable10 = 'v10;v10' ;v10 variable 11 = 'v11;v11;v11' ;v11 variable_12 = 'v12;v12' ;v2;; variable13 = 'v13;;v13' variable 14 = "v14 variable_15 = 'v15 variable16 = "v16;v16 variable 17 = 'v17;v17 ?> <?php //example.php print_r(_parse_ini_file("sample.ini")); ?> <?php //example.php output Array ( [variable1] => v1 [variable 2] => v2;v2 [variable_3] => v3;v3;v3 [variable4] => v4;v4 [variable 5] => v5;v5;v5 [variable_6] => v6;v6 [variable7] => v7;;v7 [variable 8] => v8;v8 [variable_9] => v9;v9;v9 [variable10] => v10;v10 [variable 11] => v11;v11;v11 [variable_12] => v12;v12 [variable13] => v13;;v13 [variable 14] => v14 [variable_15] => v15 [variable16] => v16 [variable 17] => v17 ) ?> ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 66.160.208.254 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/82900 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82900 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/82900 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php