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Bug #46347 parse_ini_file() does not like asterisk (*) in key
Submitted: 2008-10-20 19:40 UTC Modified: 2009-07-22 20:36 UTC
From: duke at masendav dot com Assigned: scottmac (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PHP options/info functions
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-11-11 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-10-20 19:40 UTC] duke at masendav dot com 
Description:
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parse_ini_file no longer likes * (asterisk) in configuration keys.

Works just fine in PHP 5.2.5


Reproduce code:
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Ini file with the following content:
[section]
part1.*.part2 = 1

PHP file:
<?php
parse_ini_file('test.ini');



Expected result:
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ini file being parsed without any error messages


Actual result:
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Warning: syntax error, unexpected '*' in test.ini on line 2
 in test.php on line 2

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 [2008-10-20 20:45 UTC] jani@php.net 
Why should it like it? That looks like a bug that got fixed by the 
new parser.
 [2008-10-20 21:01 UTC] duke at masendav dot com 
More like undocumented feature then. Nothing at http://www.php.net/parse_ini_file says that * cannot be used inside keys. So we are using it in a few in-house applications and this came as unpleasant surprise.

We can of course implement a different solution, if you really consider the current (5.2) behaviour bug.

In which case it would be nice to have a better explanation in parse_ini_file documentation with regard to what is considered a valid syntax and what not.
 [2008-12-24 13:58 UTC] scottmac@php.net 
Jani, this wasn't broken by any of the re2c stuff.

The changes you made to zend_ini_scanner.l revision 1.48 are the cause.
 [2009-01-01 11:57 UTC] jani@php.net 
I don't know how to allow literal * in re2c. (\* did not work)
And I don't have spare time to debug this. Ask Pierre if he has.
 [2009-01-01 23:10 UTC] nlopess@php.net 
jani: try [*] or "*" to match a single '*' char
 [2009-02-02 19:25 UTC] nlopess@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
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