note 90624 added to function.parse-ini-file

Here is a quick parse_ini_file wrapper to add extend support to save typing and redundancy. <?php /** * Parses INI file adding extends functionality via ":base" postfix on namespace. * * @param string $filename * @return array */ function parse_ini_file_extended($filename) { $p_ini = parse_ini_file($filename, true); $config = array(); foreach($p_ini as $namespace => $properties){ list($name, $extends) = explode(':', $namespace); $name = trim($name); $extends = trim($extends); // create namespace if necessary if(!isset($config[$name])) $config[$name] = array(); // inherit base namespace if(isset($p_ini[$extends])){ foreach($p_ini[$extends] as $prop => $val) $config[$name][$prop] = $val; } // overwrite / set current namespace values foreach($properties as $prop => $val) $config[$name][$prop] = $val; } return $config; } ?> Treats this ini: <?php /* [base] host=localhost user=testuser pass=testpass database=default [users:base] database=users [archive : base] database=archive */ ?> As if it were like this: <?php /* [base] host=localhost user=testuser pass=testpass database=default [users:base] host=localhost user=testuser pass=testpass database=users [archive : base] host=localhost user=testuser pass=testpass database=archive */ ?> ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 65.121.168.50 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90624 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90624 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90624 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php