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I would like my website to be configured in a .php file for the website title, meta keywords, description, contact email, etc. I wonder how to write to such a .php file that has config. information in such rows as below:

 

$website_title = 'PHP freaks';

$website_meta_key = 'PHP, solution, freaks';

....

$website_email = 'phpfreaks@gmail';

 

And the second question is how to read the file?

 

Thanks!

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One way to do it would be to make the configuration file without the dollar signs:

file.cfg

website_title=PHP freaks
website_meta_key=PHP, solution, freaks
....
website_email=phpfreaks@gmail

 

Then, in the code:

$conVars = array();
foreach (explode("\n", file_get_contents("file.cfg")) as $value)
{
$temp = explode("=", $value);
$conVars = array_merge($conVars, array($temp[0] => $temp[1]));
}

Then you should have an array of the variables with their values. You can even use the list method if you want to have them as actual variables instead of array keys.

You could do what you're doing and save it as whatever you want.

 

config.php

<?php
$website_title = 'PHP freaks';
$website_meta_key = 'PHP, solution, freaks';
....
$website_email = 'phpfreaks@gmail';
?>

 

To read this:

 

index.php

<?php
  include ('config.php');

  echo '<html>';
  echo '<head><title>' . $website_title . '</title>'; //sets page title to PHP Freaks
?>

 

 

Personally I would prefer to use globals instead of regular vars.

config_globals.php

<?php
  DEFINE("W_TITLE","PHP Freaks");
  DEFINE("W_META_KW","PHP, solution, freaks");
  ....
  DEFINE("W_EMAIL","phpfreaks@gmail");
?>

 

index.php

<?php
  include('config_globals.php');

  echo '<html>';
  echo '<head><title>' . W_TITLE . '</title>'; //sets page title to PHP Freaks

  //etc..  notice that for global vars you do not use a $ prefix, and you write them like above
?>

try

<?php
$fileName = 'test.dat';
// write file
$a = fopen($fileName, 'w');
fwrite($a, 'website_title = PHP freaks'."\n");
fwrite($a, 'website_meta_key = PHP, solution, freaks'."\n");
fwrite($a, '[sasa]'."\n");
fwrite($a, 'blah = something'."\n");
fclose($a);

//read file
$a = parse_ini_file($fileName,1);
print_r($a);
//or
echo "<hr />\n";
$a = parse_ini_file($fileName,0);
print_r($a);
?>

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