array parse_ini_string ( string $ini [, bool $process_sections = false [, int $scanner_mode = INI_SCANNER_NORMAL ]] )
Parse a configuration string
parse_ini_string returns the settings in string ini in an associative array.
Function parse_ini_file doesn't parse a remote ini file if allow_url_include is off. But if allow_url_fopen is on, you can use parse_ini_string to parse a remote ini file after read its contents.
/** * Assume that; allow_url_include=0 and allow_url_fopen=1 * (default values in php.ini) */ $iniUrl = 'http://website.com/remote/config.ini'; /** * Warning: parse_ini_file(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_include=0 */ $config = parse_ini_file($iniUrl);
/** * works fine */ $config = parse_ini_string(file_get_contents($iniUrl));