PHP RAW INI parser fails to parse values correctly

Question

INI data looks like this:

[datasources]
live.dsn   = "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=main"
live.user  = "root"
live.pass  =

I'm using parse_ini_file().

with INI_SCANNER_RAW live.dsn is parsed incorrectly ("mysql:host)
with INI_SCANNER_NORMAL the value of live.dsn is correct

But I can't use INI_SCANNER_NORMAL because then it will also replace constants, "on" with 1 and so on (don't want that)... Is there any fix or do I have to create my own parser?

I'm using PHP 5.3.

Please add your PHP version in the question. – hakre Apr 18 '13 at 17:29 — hakre, Apr 18 '13 at 17:29
I meant inside the question ;) – hakre Apr 18 '13 at 23:48 — hakre, Apr 18 '13 at 23:48

bwoebi · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-18T16:19:59.870

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var_dump(parse_ini_string('[datasources]
live.dsn   = "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=main"
live.user  = "root"', false, INI_SCANNER_RAW));

=>

array(2) {
  ["live.dsn"]=>
  string(32) "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=main"
  ["live.user"]=>
  string(4) "root"
}

I am unable to reproduce it. (It also doesn't work for parse_ini_file.) It works in PHP 5.3 and PHP trunk...

I see that this was a bug in older PHP versions, see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51094 . Simply upgrade, then it should work. If you're unable to upgrade, you really have to write your own ini parser.

edited Apr 18 '13 at 16:19

answered Apr 18 '13 at 16:14

bwoebi

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@OneTrickPony Ok, then it was a bug... Updated my answer. (I have PHP 5.3.15, the first version which works xD) – bwoebi Apr 18 '13 at 16:20
Ended up using something like [this](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-string.php#94192). Probably slower, but it seems I have no choice :( – nice ass Apr 19 '13 at 01:18

PHP RAW INI parser fails to parse values correctly

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