PHP Parse INI File gives me error about equal sign

Question

I'm trying to parse out an INI file that has a URL as one of the variables to parse. Problem is, the URL contains a '=' in it, and parse_ini_file spits out an error. I tried to escape the character, but to no avail. Does this happen to anybody else? And if so, has anybody fixed it?

Answer 1

Have you enclosed the value in quotes? It shouldn't be a problem to have = in the value as long as you have quotes around your value. Example:

key1="http://www.google.com?q=test";

Answer 2

much better would be use INI_SCANNER_RAW as 3rd parameter of parse_ini_file

parse_ini_file($file, true, INI_SCANNER_RAW);