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[2006-01-07 21:25 UTC] shannah at sfu dot ca

Description:
------------
true and false values should be parsed as boolean values
rather than the strings "true" and "false".

The parse_ini_file() function works this way. For example,
given the ini file:

val1 = true
val2 = false
val3 = True
val4 = False
val5 = TRUE
val6 = FALSE
val7 = "true"
val8 = "false"

And the php script to parse it:

<?
$res = parse_ini_file("ini_file.ini");
var_dump($res);
?>

We see the output:

array(8) {
["val1"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val2"]=>
string(0) ""
["val3"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val4"]=>
string(0) ""
["val5"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val6"]=>
string(0) ""
["val7"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val8"]=>
string(5) "false"
}

However, if we use Config.php to parse the same ini file
using the following script:

require_once 'Config.php';
$configLoader =& new Config();
$conf_obj = $configLoader->parseConfig(

"ini_file.ini",

'inicommented');
$temp = $conf_obj->toArray();
$conf = $temp['root'];
var_dump($conf);

We obtain the output:

array(8) {
["val1"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val2"]=>
string(5) "false"
["val3"]=>
string(4) "True"
["val4"]=>
string(5) "False"
["val5"]=>
string(4) "TRUE"
["val6"]=>
string(5) "FALSE"
["val7"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val8"]=>
string(5) "false"
}

Test script:
---------------
Ini file:
=========
val1 = true
val2 = false
val3 = True
val4 = False
val5 = TRUE
val6 = FALSE
val7 = "true"
val8 = "false"

Test script:
============
require_once 'Config.php';
$configLoader =& new Config();
$conf_obj = $configLoader->parseConfig(
"ini_file.ini",
'inicommented');
$temp = $conf_obj->toArray();
$conf = $temp['root'];
var_dump($conf);

Expected result:
----------------
array(8) {
["val1"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val2"]=>
string(0) ""
["val3"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val4"]=>
string(0) ""
["val5"]=>
string(1) "1"
["val6"]=>
string(0) ""
["val7"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val8"]=>
string(5) "false"
}

Actual result:
--------------
array(8) {
["val1"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val2"]=>
string(5) "false"
["val3"]=>
string(4) "True"
["val4"]=>
string(5) "False"
["val5"]=>
string(4) "TRUE"
["val6"]=>
string(5) "FALSE"
["val7"]=>
string(4) "true"
["val8"]=>
string(5) "false"
}

[2006-02-14 00:48 UTC] aashley at php dot net

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET).

If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should be live shortly.

Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release.

Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better.