Re: n-dimension arrays <-> ini files in PEAR Config

<crain@fuse.net> wrote : > I'm unable to get PEAR::Config to convert properly between "inifile" and > "phparray" storage formats when the data to be stored is a multi-dimensional > array. Is it possible to do this? Specifically, if I build a > multi-dimensional array, then write it to an ini file, then read it back > into an array, the array is corrupted. The code below, a small modification > to part of /config/docs/inifromscratch.php, demonstrates the problem. The > array at the end of the process is very different from the array at the > beginning of the process. I'm wondering if this is a shortcoming of php's > parse_ini_file(), or if ini files can represent only one-dimensional arrays, > or if I'm doing something wrong. I'd really like to be able to store a > multi-dimensional array as an ini file and then reconstitute it, if > possible. > > Thanks in advance, > > Andy Ini files don't support multi-level sections AFAIK. If I were to support that, it would be a hack and wouldn't probably be compatible. Use a more capable format if you really need multi levels : php array, xml. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam