note 59573 added to function.phpinfo

This function parses the phpinfo output to get details about a PHP module. /** parse php modules from phpinfo */ function parsePHPModules() { ob_start(); phpinfo(INFO_MODULES); $s = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); $s = strip_tags($s,'<h2><th><td>'); $s = preg_replace('/<th[^>]*>([^<]+)<\/th>/',"<info>\\1</info>",$s); $s = preg_replace('/<td[^>]*>([^<]+)<\/td>/',"<info>\\1</info>",$s); $vTmp = preg_split('/(<h2>[^<]+<\/h2>)/',$s,-1,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE); $vModules = array(); for ($i=1;$i<count($vTmp);$i++) { if (preg_match('/<h2>([^<]+)<\/h2>/',$vTmp[$i],$vMat)) { $vName = trim($vMat[1]); $vTmp2 = explode("\n",$vTmp[$i+1]); foreach ($vTmp2 AS $vOne) { $vPat = '<info>([^<]+)<\/info>'; $vPat3 = "/$vPat\s*$vPat\s*$vPat/"; $vPat2 = "/$vPat\s*$vPat/"; if (preg_match($vPat3,$vOne,$vMat)) { // 3cols $vModules[$vName][trim($vMat[1])] = array(trim($vMat[2]),trim($vMat[3])); } elseif (preg_match($vPat2,$vOne,$vMat)) { // 2cols $vModules[$vName][trim($vMat[1])] = trim($vMat[2]); } } } } return $vModules; } Sample Output: [gd] => Array ( [GD Support] => enabled [GD Version] => bundled (2.0.28 compatible) [FreeType Support] => enabled [FreeType Linkage] => with freetype [FreeType Version] => 2.1.9 [T1Lib Support] => enabled [GIF Read Support] => enabled [GIF Create Support] => enabled [JPG Support] => enabled [PNG Support] => enabled [WBMP Support] => enabled [XBM Support] => enabled ) [date] => Array ( [date/time support] => enabled [Timezone Database Version] => 2005.14 [Timezone Database] => internal [Default timezone] => America/Los_Angeles [Directive] => Array ( [0] => Local Value [1] => Master Value ) [date.timezone] => Array ( [0] => no value [1] => no value ) ) /** get a module setting */ function getModuleSetting($pModuleName,$pSetting) { $vModules = parsePHPModules(); return $vModules[$pModuleName][$pSetting]; } Example: getModuleSetting('gd','GD Version'); returns "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)" ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59573 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59573&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59573&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php