how to read custom formatted config file using PHP

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Hi,

I want to parse following type of formatted config file using PHP.

VB

config 'Environment' 'MyInfo'
    option 'Name' '0'
    option 'Mobile' '0'
    option 'EMAIL' '0'

if we use parse_ini_file() function then it would require ini file in specific format. Please suggest how to parse such files.

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Posted 10-Oct-13 21:03pm

SNI

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2013-10-10T21:27:00

Solution 1

You have to read the text file (you may find several approaches discussed in this page: "The right way to read files with PHP"[^] and then parse yourself the read content (useful info here: "PHP - parsing a txt file" at Stack Overflow[^].

Posted 10-Oct-13 21:27pm

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SNI 11-Oct-13 4:29am

Thanks for reply. I want to parse file after specified time interval so which option is better either file_get_contents to read the contents ot fopen the traditional way?

CPallini 11-Oct-13 4:33am

In my opinion, it really depends on the file size. I would use, if possible, file_get_contents.