Need to parse ini file to extract values

Question

I have a .ini file with contents of...

[template]
color1 = 000000
color2 = ff6100
color3 = ff6100
color4 = 000000

And a file with contents belo

Answer 1

Use parse_ini:

$colors = parse_ini($path_to_ini, true);

if(array_key_exists($myTheme, $colors)) {
    $myColor = $colors[$myTheme]['color' . $spot];
}

You don't need to compare $spot for each color - you can build the array key to get the value.

Answer 2

You can use parse_ini_file()

Answer 3

There's a function for that in php: http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php

You could use it like this:

<?php $ini_array = parse_ini_file($path_to_ini); ?>

The values can be found like this:

<?php $color1 = $ini_array['template']['color1']; ?>