PHP Parse ini file

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I wrote a program to skim log files and pass the information into an ini file and I'm trying to do some php work with it, I have 0 experience with php.

I have an INI file that contains information like so,

[76561197962467705]
Username = ".buckisM"
Suicide = 0
bear.prefab = 0
killed by fall = 0
patrolhelicopter.prefab = 0
wolf.prefab = 0
Cold = 0
Explosion = 0
barricade = 0
Player Deaths = 0
Total Deaths = 0
Kills = 2

I use the php ini parser and can get the ini to print to a webpage.

    $ini_array = parse_ini_file("myfile.ini", true);
    print_r($ini_array);

The printed array. http://liveviewtest.byethost7.com/index.php

From what I have read parse_ini_file parses the information into a multidimensional array if the true flag is set. Why cant I access the array elements using brackets?

echo $ini_array[0][0];

What you are trying to fetch from this array'

Sunil Pachlangia
– Sunil Pachlangia

2015-09-21 06:29:13 +00:00
Commented Sep 21, 2015 at 6:29 — Sunil Pachlangia
– Sunil Pachlangia, Commented Sep 21, 2015 at 6:29

Amarnasan · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-21 06:41:41Z

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Because what you got is actually a dictionary, which is a non ordered array. You can't address each element of that structure by a numeric index, since it is indexed with the keys defined in the ini file. You address it like

$ini_array['76561197988912576']['username']

You can cycle with a foreach loop

foreach($ini_array as $key=>$value) {
  echo ($value['username']);
}

Or you can convert your dictionary into an indexed array with "array_keys"

$ini_array = array_keys($ini_array);
echo $ini_array[0]['username'];

edited Sep 21, 2015 at 6:41

answered Sep 21, 2015 at 6:31

Amarnasan

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Mishap Over a year ago

Is there no way to cycle through it? The ini file is continually growing and the numbers constantly changing.

stepozer · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-21 06:31:30Z

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Because in this case you have hash with string keys. For example if you want get first Username from this array you can try this code:

var_dump($ini_array['76561197988912576']['Username']);

I hope it help.

answered Sep 21, 2015 at 6:31

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