Re: grep leads me to an idea; php-ini.xml

<bmansion@mamasam.com> wrote : > <urs@circle.ch> wrote : > >> hello >> >> just a few posts ago, i read this thing about using grep to >> parse the php.ini path. i had this idea to put php.ini in an >> xml file for some days and found a solution with wddx. having >> no a way to grab the real php.ini path makes it even more >> automatic. so here is my unconvetional way of moving php.ini >> into xml: >> >> <?php >> if(stristr(exec("which grep"), "Command not found") != 1) >> { >> $ini_html = exec("php -i | grep php.ini" ); >> $ini_arr = explode("</td>", $ini_html ); >> $ini_path = strip_tags(trim($ini_arr[1]) ); >> >> $ini_vals = parse_ini_file($ini_path ); >> $packet_id = wddx_packet_start($ini_path ); >> wddx_add_vars($packet_id, "ini_vals"); >> echo $xml = wddx_packet_end($packet_id); >> } else { >> echo "There is no grep or no which either.\n"; >> } >> ?> >> >> C:\php>php -f ini2xml.php > php-ini.xml >> >> what you do with it is up to you ;-) >> >> -urs > > Hi Urs, > > Converting ini to xml using the Config 1.4 package: > > $config = new Config(); > $root =& $config->parseConfig($ini_path, 'inifile'); > echo $root->toString('xml', array('name' => 'phpini')); > > Easy :) Actually, not that easy. Looks like it works better with $root =& $config->parseConfig($ini_path, 'inicommented'); As parse_ini_file() seems to convert Off to false (boolean) and On to 1 (int). With WDDX as in your example, Off is converted to an empty string and On to a string '1'... Bertrand Mansion Mamasam