Retriving varable from Array

kumschick

How do I get the information from [basedir] in the array?
so that I have $basedir = "C:/WebSoft/mysql/";

<?php
//Parse_ini_file from my.ini

  $entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini",1);
  print_r($entries);

?>

//Result

Array
(
    [mysqld] => Array
        (
            [basedir] => C:/WebSoft/mysql/
            [datadir] => D:/mysql_data
        )

[WinMySQLAdmin] => Array
    (
        [Server] => C:/WebSoft/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
    )

)

laserlight

Use $entries['mysqld']['basedir']

kumschick

but how?

laserlight

but how?

hmm...
Have you ever heard of the guess and check method of solving problems?
Sometimes, when you are really not sure on how to start, the key is to just try something and work from there.

You are free to report what you have tried, of course, for further pointers.

kumschick

I have tried the fonction explode(), ini_get() then replace() and at the beginning even with fopen()!

i'm searching for this since more then 2days. and i'm stock.

<?php

  $entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini");
  print_r($entries);
  echo "$entries['mysqld']['basedir']";

?>

I never worked with ini files before! So I don't know at all what to do and google the hol day long.

laserlight

When you are using multi-dimensional arrays in strings, try to concatenate them, or use braces.

In this case, it is as simple as:

<?php
$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini");
print_r($entries);
echo $entries['mysqld']['basedir'];
?>

kumschick

yes, but this don't work!
I have nothing

😕

laserlight

The print_r() gave you nothing as well?

kumschick

I just found it out!

<?php
$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini"); // before
$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini",1); //now
print_r($entries);
echo $entries['mysqld']['basedir'];
?>

what is the diffrence with

$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini");
$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini",1);

i get with both a result! but only a result with
$entries = parse_ini_file("$SystemRoot/my.ini",1); and
$entries['mysqld']['basedir'];

?!?!?!?!?!

laserlight

From the PHP Manual

array parse_ini_file ( string filename [, bool process_sections])

parse_ini_file() loads in the ini file specified in filename, and returns the settings in it in an associative array. By setting the last process_sections parameter to TRUE, you get a multidimensional array, with the section names and settings included. The default for process_sections is FALSE