Using shell script to pull strings out of a config file

Question

Let's say I have a PHP file such as this:

<?php
/* Comments */

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

/* More comments */

define('DB_NAME', 'dbname');
define('DB_USER', 'etc');

/* etc...*/
?>

How can I use shell script only to pull the variable values for DB_SERVER, DB_NAME, etc and store them in variables to use within the shell script? (/bin/sh, not bash)

Zombo · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-05 05:26:13Z

5

# with /bin/bash
. <(awk '/define/ {print $2"="$4}' FS="'" foo.php)    
# with /bin/sh
declare `awk '/define/ {print $2"="$4}' FS="'" foo.php`

Result

echo $DB_SERVER # localhost

Example

edited Nov 5, 2014 at 5:26

answered Jun 9, 2013 at 23:22

Zombo

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CaptSaltyJack Over a year ago

Modified to grab only DB_ vars: . <(awk '/define.*DB_/{print...

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