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<h1 class="refname">parse_ini_string</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">parse_ini_string</span> — <span class="dc-title">Parse a configuration string</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.parse-ini-string-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>parse_ini_string</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$ini</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$process_sections</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$scanner_mode</code><span class="initializer"> = INI_SCANNER_NORMAL</span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>parse_ini_string()</strong></span> returns the settings in string
<code class="parameter">ini</code> in an associative array.
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<p class="para">
The structure of the ini string is the same as the <var class="filename">php.ini</var>'s.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.parse-ini-string-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<code class="parameter">ini</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The contents of the ini file being parsed.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">process_sections</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
By setting the <code class="parameter">process_sections</code>
parameter to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>, you get a multidimensional array, with
the section names and settings included. The default
for <code class="parameter">process_sections</code> is <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">scanner_mode</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Can either be <strong><code>INI_SCANNER_NORMAL</code></strong> (default) or
<strong><code>INI_SCANNER_RAW</code></strong>. If <strong><code>INI_SCANNER_RAW</code></strong>
is supplied, then option values will not be parsed.
</p>
<p class="para">
As of PHP 5.6.1 can also be specified as <strong><code>INI_SCANNER_TYPED</code></strong>.
In this mode boolean, null and integer types are preserved when possible.
String values <em>"true"</em>, <em>"on"</em> and <em>"yes"</em>
are converted to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>. <em>"false"</em>, <em>"off"</em>, <em>"no"</em>
and <em>"none"</em> are considered <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>. <em>"null"</em> is converted to <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>
in typed mode. Also, all numeric strings are converted to integer type if it is possible.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.parse-ini-string-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The settings are returned as an associative <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> on success,
and <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.parse-ini-string-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<span class="simpara">
There are reserved words which must not be used as keys for
ini files. These include: <em>null</em>, <em>yes</em>,
<em>no</em>, <em>true</em>, <em>false</em>,
<em>on</em>, <em>off</em>, <em>none</em>.
Values <em>null</em>, <em>off</em>, <em>no</em> and
<em>false</em> result in <em>""</em>, and values
<em>on</em>, <em>yes</em> and <em>true</em> result
in <em>"1"</em>, unless <strong><code>INI_SCANNER_TYPED</code></strong> mode is used.
Characters <em>?{}|&~
