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1. Problem

You want to use configuration files to initialize settings in your programs.

2. Solution

Use parse_ini_file( ):

$config = parse_ini_file('/etc/myapp.ini');

3. Discussion

The function parse_ini_file( ) reads configuration files structured like PHP's main php.ini file. Instead of applying the settings in the configuration file to PHP's configuration, however, parse_ini_file( ) returns the values from the file in an array.

For example, when parse_ini_file( ) is given a file with these contents: