note 112737 added to function.parse-ini-file

This combo works best for me. <?php $inifile = "config.php"; $inivalue = get_parse_ini($inifile); print_r($inivalue); $inivalue['config']['length']=6; put_ini_file("config.php", $inivalue, $i = 0); function get_parse_ini($file) { // if cannot open file, return false if (!is_file($file)) return false; $ini = file($file); // to hold the categories, and within them the entries $cats = array(); foreach ($ini as $i) { if (@preg_match('/\[(.+)\]/', $i, $matches)) { $last = $matches[1]; } elseif (@preg_match('/(.+)=(.+)/', $i, $matches)) { $cats[$last][trim($matches[1])] = trim($matches[2]); } } return $cats; } function put_ini_file($file, $array, $i = 0){ $str=""; foreach ($array as $k => $v){ if (is_array($v)){ $str.=str_repeat(" ",$i*2)."[$k]\r\n"; $str.=put_ini_file("",$v, $i+1); }else $str.=str_repeat(" ",$i*2)."$k = $v\r\n"; } $phpstr = "<?PHP\r\n/*\r\n".$str."*/\r\n?>"; if($file) return file_put_contents($file,$phpstr); else return $str; } ?> here is the config.php file <?php /* ;Commented line start with ';' [config] admin = root pass = pass email = social@facebook.com length = 4 block = 4 seperation = - */ ?> Test it out yourself ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 125.92.118.15 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112737 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112737 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112737 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php