README

A simple PHP module for interacting with config files.

This module provides a simple interface to configuration files in a variety of formats:

• .ini
• .json
• .yaml

Installation

You can require it directly with Composer:

composer require jdwx/config

Or download the source from GitHub: https://github.com/jdwx/config.git

Requirements

This library requires PHP 8.0 or later. It has not been tested for compatibility with earlier versions.

Usage

<?php

declare( strict_types = 1 );

use JDWX\Config\ConfigDB;
use JDWX\Config\IniParser;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$stDefaults = <<<CFG
[foo]
bar = baz
qux = quux
CFG;

$defaults = IniParser::fromString( $stDefaults );
$cfg = ConfigDB::fromFile( __DIR__ . '/example.ini', $defaults );
echo "[foo]bar = ", $cfg->get( 'foo', 'bar' )->asString(), "\n";
echo "[foo]qux = ", $cfg->get( 'foo', 'qux' )->asInt(), "\n";
echo "[foo]grault = ", $cfg->get( 'foo', 'grault' )->asString(), "\n";

Stability

This module is stable and has been used in production code. New methods or support for additional file formats may be added in the future, but existing methods should not be changed in a way that breaks existing code without at least a minor version update.

History

This module was originally developed in 2024 to supersede and unify three other existing modules for configuration management.