amattu2/ini-parser

A basic .ini file parser built with PHP. Designed to be error redundant.

Introduction

This is a basic configuration/.ini file parser built with PHP. It's designed to be error-safe, and provides the opportunity to use a default value if one is not found.

Usage

Install

composer require amattu/IniParser

Setup

Composer project usage

require(__DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php");

$config = new amattu\IniParser(__DIR__ . "/conf.ini");

Without composer

require(__DIR__ . "/src/IniParser.php");

$config = new amattu\IniParser(__DIR__ . "/conf.ini");

construct

The class constructor accepts the file location (path + name), and an optional boolean argument on parsing the individual sections (usually denoted by [NAME]).

PHPDoc

/**
 * Configuration reader constructor
 *
 * @param string $file The path to the configuration file
 * @param ?bool $sections Whether to parse individual sections or not
 * @throws TypeError
 * @author Alec M.
 */
public function __construct(string $filename, ?bool $sections = false)

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get

The get function will attempt to pull the value from the section specified (... if specified), and if not found, will return the default parameter. All of the arguments except $key are optional.

Usage

$usernameOrDefault = $config->get("USERNAME", "GMAIL_SECTION", "defaultUserName");

PHPDoc

/**
 * Get configuration file property
 *
 * @param string $key The property to get
 * @param string|null $section The section to get the property from
 * @param ?mixed $default value to return if the property is not found
 * @return $config[$key] || $default || null
 * @throws TypeError
 * @author Alec M.
 */
public function get(string $key, ?string $section = null, ?mixed $default = null) : mixed

Requirements & Dependencies

• PHP 7.x +