From: bugs at timj dot co dot uk
Operating system: irrelevant
PHP version: 5.2.6
PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related
Bug description: Design problem: parse_ini_file lacks ability to handle errors
gracefully
Description:
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This seems to be a design error rather than a bug: parse_ini_file() does
not provide any way to handle errors gracefully. In the event of a syntax
error, it throws an E_WARNING *but* the return value is simply an empty
array (the same as a - valid - empty file) instead of FALSE. Thus there is
no way to trap the error (via @ prefix) and handle it in a more graceful
way than an E_WARNING.
I would argue that changing the return value to FALSE in the case of an
invalid file is a reasonable change, since the only situations it will
break are ones where currently PHP throws a warning anyway.
Reproduce code:
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This is what it would be nice to be able to do:
$ini = @parse_ini_file('some_invalid.ini');
if ($ini === false) {
// error: do something graceful
}
// normal execution
Expected result:
----------------
The code section "// do something graceful" executes
Actual result:
--------------
The code section "// normal execution" executes
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