count how many times index apears in array

[denoteone]

I have been researching php.net  regain the function parse_ini_file()

 

I know you can pass it an actual ini file but what if you already saved the ini file as a string and saved the string in a variable can you pass that variable to the function?

 

I am getting the following error

[function.parse-ini-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in 

 

this is how I am calling it.

 

$settings = parse_ini_file($data);

echo $settings["mac"];

[objnoob]

array parse_ini_string ( string $ini [, bool $process_sections = false [, int $scanner_mode = INI_SCANNER_NORMAL ]] )

[AbraCadaver]

If you have PHP 5.3 then use parse_ini_string().  If not, then you have to use the filename and pass it to parse_ini_file() because that's what it expects.

[objnoob]

Then why not build a file... use parse_ini_file, and delete the file 

[AbraCadaver]

Then why not build a file... use parse_ini_file, and delete the file 

 

That's definitely a possibility.  I almost posted that, but I was speaking to, in effect: "why doesn't passing a string of data to a function that expects a filename work..."

[denoteone]

Then why not build a file... use parse_ini_file, and delete the file

 

this is what I am going to have to do. The info is actually in a database but saved in an ini format.

 

I will get the info from the DB write it to a ini file then call the ini file so I can manipulate it. I can then resave the info in a variable and put it back in the DB.

 

I am worried about the the new lines characters.

 

Does this sound like the best way to accomplish this process? I am open to suggestions.