php parse_ini_file set keys as strings

Question

I'm running into an error with the parse_ini_file function.

Here's the section of the file that's causing problems:

TYPE["A"]          = 1  
TYPE["B"]          = 2  
TYPE["C"]          = 3

This parses fine in PHP 5.3.1-- but it throws a PHP Warning: Error parsing in PHP 5.2.17

Is it possible to set a string as the array key in an ini file in PHP 5.2.x?

flowfree · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-28 17:17:06Z

2

You can set the second parameter of parse_ini_file to true to get multidimensional array.

Your ini file:

[type]
A = 1
B = 2
C = 3

You PHP:

$arr = parse_ini_file('my_ini_file', true);

Result:

Array
(
    [type] => Array
        (
            [A] => 1
            [B] => 2
            [C] => 3
        )

)

answered Jun 28, 2012 at 17:17

flowfree

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