Class IniReader

Ini file configuration engine.

Since IniReader uses parse_ini_file underneath, you should be aware that this class shares the same behavior, especially with regards to boolean and null values.

In addition to the native parse_ini_file features, IniReader also allows you to create nested array structures through usage of . delimited names. This allows you to create nested arrays structures in an ini config file. For example:

db.password = secret would turn into array('db' => array('password' => 'secret'))

You can nest properties as deeply as needed using .'s. In addition to using . you can use standard ini section notation to create nested structures:

[section]
key = value

Once loaded into Configure, the above would be accessed using:

`Configure::read('section.key');

You can combine . separated values with sections to create more deeply nested structures.

IniReader also manipulates how the special ini values of 'yes', 'no', 'on', 'off', 'null' are handled. These values will be converted to their boolean equivalents.

IniReader implements ConfigReaderInterface

Package: Cake\Configure
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
See: http://php.net/parse_ini_file
Located at Cake/Configure/IniReader.php

Method Detail

__constructsource public

__construct( string $path null , string $section null )

Build and construct a new ini file parser. The parser can be used to read ini files that are on the filesystem.

Parameters

string $path optional null: Path to load ini config files from. Defaults to APP . 'Config' . DS
string $section optional null: Only get one section, leave null to parse and fetch all sections in the ini file.

_getFilePathsource protected

_getFilePath( string $key )

Get file path

Parameters

string $key: The identifier to write to. If the key has a . it will be treated as a plugin prefix.

Returns

string
Full file path

_parseNestedValuessource protected

_parseNestedValues( array $values )

parses nested values out of keys.

Parameters

array $values: Values to be exploded.

Returns

array
Array of values exploded

_valuesource protected

_value( mixed $val )

Converts a value into the ini equivalent

Parameters

mixed $val: Value to export.

Returns

string
String value for ini file.

dumpsource public

dump( string $key , array $data )

Dumps the state of Configure data into an ini formatted string.

Parameters

string $key: The identifier to write to. If the key has a . it will be treated as a plugin prefix.
array $data: The data to convert to ini file.

Returns

integer
Bytes saved.

Implementation of

ConfigReaderInterface::dump()

readsource public

read( string $key )

Read an ini file and return the results as an array.

For backwards compatibility, acl.ini.php will be treated specially until 3.0.

Parameters

string $key: The identifier to read from. If the key has a . it will be treated as a plugin prefix. The chosen file must be on the reader's path.

Returns

array
Parsed configuration values.

Throws

ConfigureException
when files don't exist. Or when files contain '..' as this could lead to abusive reads.

Implementation of

ConfigReaderInterface::read()

Properties summary

$_pathsource

protected array

The path to read ini files from.

$_sectionsource

protected string

The section to read, if null all sections will be read.

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