ini_get_all
This version of return_bytes takes care of the MB, GB, KB cases along with the M,G,K ones.
Hope this is helpful!
<?php
public static function return_bytes ($val)
{
if(empty($val))return 0;
$val = trim($val);
preg_match('#([0-9]+)[\s]*([a-z]+)#i', $val, $matches);
$last = '';
if(isset($matches[2])){
$last = $matches[2];
}
if(isset($matches[1])){
$val = (int) $matches[1];
}
switch (strtolower($last))
{
case 'g':
case 'gb':
$val *= 1024;
case 'm':
case 'mb':
$val *= 1024;
case 'k':
case 'kb':
$val *= 1024;
}
return (int) $val;
}
?>
ini_get
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ini_get — Gets the value of a configuration option
Description
string ini_get
( string
$varname
)Returns the value of the configuration option on success.
Parameters
-
varname -
The configuration option name.
Return Values
Returns the value of the configuration option as a string on success, or an
empty string for null values. Returns FALSE if the
configuration option doesn't exist.
Examples
Example #1 A few ini_get() examples
<?php
/*
Our php.ini contains the following settings:
display_errors = On
register_globals = Off
post_max_size = 8M
*/
echo 'display_errors = ' . ini_get('display_errors') . "\n";
echo 'register_globals = ' . ini_get('register_globals') . "\n";
echo 'post_max_size = ' . ini_get('post_max_size') . "\n";
echo 'post_max_size+1 = ' . (ini_get('post_max_size')+1) . "\n";
echo 'post_max_size in bytes = ' . return_bytes(ini_get('post_max_size'));
function return_bytes($val) {
$val = trim($val);
$last = strtolower($val[strlen($val)-1]);
switch($last) {
// The 'G' modifier is available since PHP 5.1.0
case 'g':
$val *= 1024;
case 'm':
$val *= 1024;
case 'k':
$val *= 1024;
}
return $val;
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
display_errors = 1 register_globals = 0 post_max_size = 8M post_max_size+1 = 9 post_max_size in bytes = 8388608
Notes
Note: When querying boolean values
A boolean ini value of off will be returned as an empty string or "0" while a boolean ini value of on will be returned as "1". The function can also return the literal string of INI value.
Note: When querying memory size values
Many ini memory size values, such as upload_max_filesize, are stored in the php.ini file in shorthand notation. ini_get() will return the exact string stored in the php.ini file and NOT its integer equivalent. Attempting normal arithmetic functions on these values will not have otherwise expected results. The example above shows one way to convert shorthand notation into bytes, much like how the PHP source does it.
See Also
- get_cfg_var() - Gets the value of a PHP configuration option
- ini_get_all() - Gets all configuration options
- ini_restore() - Restores the value of a configuration option
- ini_set() - Sets the value of a configuration option
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User Contributed Notes
ini_get - [11 notes]
Ivo Mandalski ¶
1 year ago
Stas Trefilov, OpteamIS ¶
3 years ago
another version of return_bytes which returns faster and does not use multiple multiplications (sorry:). even if it is resolved at compile time it is not a good practice;
no local variables are allocated;
the trim() is omitted (php already trimmed values when reading php.ini file);
strtolower() is replaced by second case which wins us one more function call for the price of doubling the number of cases to process (may slower the worst-case scenario when ariving to default: takes six comparisons instead of three comparisons and a function call);
cases are ordered by most frequent goes first (uppercase M-values being the default sizes);
specs say we must handle integer sizes so float values are converted to integers and 0.8G becomes 0;
'Gb', 'Mb', 'Kb' shorthand byte options are not implemented since are not in specs, see
http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.using.php#faq.using.shorthandbytes
<?php
function return_bytes ($size_str)
{
switch (substr ($size_str, -1))
{
case 'M': case 'm': return (int)$size_str * 1048576;
case 'K': case 'k': return (int)$size_str * 1024;
case 'G': case 'g': return (int)$size_str * 1073741824;
default: return $size_str;
}
}
?>
filh at filh dot org ¶
7 years ago
Concerning the value retourned, it depends on how you set it.
I had the problem with horde-3 which test the safe_mode value.
THan :
- if you set the value with php_admin_value safe_mode Off (or On) ini_get returns the string
- if you set the value with php_admin_flag safe_mode Off (or On) ini_get returns the boolean.
Anonymous ¶
7 years ago
Important: The manual says that ini_get will return 0 or an empty string for boolean config values that are set to off in php.ini.
This is technically correct, however when you use
php_value register_globals off
in an .htaccess file, ini_get will return the string, which will "evaluate" to 1. So if you are using mod_php you have to check boolean config values against the strings (upper/lowercase etc.) anyhow or you will get wrong results.
nicolas dot grekas+php at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
Here is how to accurately test for boolean php.ini values:
<?php
function ini_get_bool($a)
{
$b = ini_get($a);
switch (strtolower($b))
{
case 'on':
case 'yes':
case 'true':
return 'assert.active' !== $a;
case 'stdout':
case 'stderr':
return 'display_errors' === $a;
default:
return (bool) (int) $b;
}
}
?>
peter ¶
4 years ago
The above example function called return_bytes() assumes that ini_get('upload_max_filesize') delivers only one letter at the end. As I've seen 'Mb' and things like that, I'd suggest to change the $last = ... part into $last = strtolower(substr($val,strlen($val/1),1)).
I'd call it $unit then.
david dot tulloh at infaze dot com dot au ¶
7 years ago
You can set custom entries in the ini file to provide globals such as database details.
However these must be retrieved with get_cfg_var, ini_get won't work.
fbeyer at <nospam>clickhand dot de ¶
10 years ago
If you want to test ini flags (eg. On/Off), I recommend to explicitly cast the value returned by ini_get() to boolean - it is cleaner as you only get true or false, not 0 or 1 or "" as described above.
<?php
$register_globals = (bool) ini_get('register_gobals');
?>
C fans may of course also cast it to (int) to play with 0 and 1 - that's also cleaner to print().
Nathaniel Sabanski ¶
4 years ago
Here's a simplified version of return_bytes() that does not rely on non-breaking cases and variable variables.
<?php
function return_bytes($val)
{
$val = trim($val);
$last = strtolower(substr($val, -1));
if($last == 'g')
$val = $val*1024*1024*1024;
if($last == 'm')
$val = $val*1024*1024;
if($last == 'k')
$val = $val*1024;
return $val;
}
?>
Der Graph ¶
8 years ago
It might be useful for included scripts that include other files to extend the 'include_path' variable:
<?php ini_set('include_path',ini_get('include_path').':../includes:'); ?>
Sometimes, it may also be useful to store the current 'include_path' in a variable, overwrite it, include, and then restore the old 'include_path'.
Dmitry Vinogradov ¶
8 months ago
Here's more comprehensive function returning number of bytes from strings like max_post_size or upload_max_filesize. It handles both 'k'/'kb', 'm'/'mb', and 'g'/'gb' at the end of the string, and is case insensitive.
<?php
function return_bytes($val)
{
$val = trim($val);
switch (strtolower(substr($val, -1)))
{
case 'm': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -1) * 1048576; break;
case 'k': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -1) * 1024; break;
case 'g': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -1) * 1073741824; break;
case 'b':
switch (strtolower(substr($val, -2, 1)))
{
case 'm': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -2) * 1048576; break;
case 'k': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -2) * 1024; break;
case 'g': $val = (int)substr($val, 0, -2) * 1073741824; break;
default : break;
} break;
default: break;
}
return $val;
}
?>