horde/phpconfigfile

Read and write config files as PHP Code

v0.0.1alpha4 2025-05-06 00:00 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• horde/http: *

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12

LGPL-2.1-only

• Ralf Lang

README

Read and write PHP config files with array or primitives data.

Supported formats

Leading and trailing spaces are ignored Opening and closing PHP tags are optional

Classic Horde Format

<?php
$conf['critical_value'] = 'Code before the header is not deleted on write and can act as a default for missing values in the actual config';
/* Some Config File Header*/
$conf['critical_value'] = 'Everything in here is overwritten on write';
$conf['auth']['transparent'] = true;
$other_var = 'debug';
/* Some Config File Footer*/
$conf['critical_value'] = 'Code after the footer is not overwritten on write and can act as a temporary override to admin-provided config';

Random Array Format

<?php
$data = [

  'key' => 'value',
  'key2' => [
               'nested => 'values', 
               'of_any' => ['possible' =>  'format' ],

            ],
];

Primitives

<?php

$debug = true;
$max_errors = 23;
$initial_application_page = 'News';
?>

Usage

See Unit Tests