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Sietse
Sietse

Reputation: 7955

PHP parse_ini_file() - where does it look?

if I call php's parse_ini_file("foo.ini"), in what paths does it look for foo.ini ? the include path? the function's documentation doesn't mention it.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3811

Answers (4)

theking2
theking2

Reputation: 2837

By reading the official documentation one can assume that if a relative path is used the file is searched in

  • Local folder (where the php file is executed)
  • than the include path

But one can provide an absolute path, starting with '/' on *nix or "c:/" on a windows installation.

Read php.net on parse_ini_file for more tips

Upvotes: 0

Devon
Devon

Reputation: 5784

The filename argument for parse_ini_file is a standard php filename, so the same rules will apply as opening a file using fopen.

You must either specify an absolute file path ("/path/to/my.ini") or a path relative to your current working directory ("my.ini"). See getcwd for your current working directory.

Unlike the default fopen command, if a relative path is specified ("my.ini") parse_ini_file will search include paths after searching your current working directory. I verified this in php 5.2.6.

Upvotes: 6

Ilya Kochetov
Ilya Kochetov

Reputation: 18463

It could depend on your config but mostly it's current directory and then include_path

Upvotes: 1

Paul Dixon
Paul Dixon

Reputation: 300975

I would imagine it only looks in the current working directory - See https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getcwd.php if you want to know what that is.

You can always find a path relative to your application by basing it on $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

Upvotes: 1

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