Config::Tiny - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as possible
# In your configuration file rootproperty=blah [section] one=twp three= four Foo =Bar empty= # In your program use Config::Tiny; # Create a config my $Config = Config::Tiny->new(); # Open the config $Config = Config::Tiny->read( 'file.conf' ); # Reading properties my $rootproperty = $Config->{_}->{rootproperty}; my $one = $Config->{section}->{one}; my $Foo = $Config->{section}->{Foo}; # Changing data $Config->{newsection} = { this => 'that' }; # Add a section $Config->{section}->{Foo} = 'Not Bar!'; # Change a value delete $Config->{_}; # Delete a value or section # Save a config $Config->write( 'file.conf' );
Config::Tiny is a perl class to read and write .ini style configuration files with as little code as possible, reducing load time and memory overhead. Most of the time it is accepted that Perl applications use a lot of memory and modules. The ::Tiny family of modules is specifically intended to provide an ultralight alternative to the standard modules.
Config::Tiny
::Tiny
This module is primarily for reading human written files, and anything we write shouldn't need to have documentation/comments. If you need something with more power move up to Config::Simple, Config::General or one of the many other Config:: modules. To rephrase, Config::Tiny does not preserve your comments, whitespace, or the order of your config file.
Config::
Files are the same format as for windows .ini files. For example:
[section] var1=value1 var2=value2
If a property is outside of a section at the beginning of a file, it will be assigned to the "root section", available at $Config->{_}.
"root section"
$Config->{_}
Lines starting with '#' or ';' are considered comments and ignored, as are blank lines.
'#'
';'
When writing back to the config file, all comments, custom whitespace, and the ordering of your config file elements is discarded. If you need to keep the human elements of a config when writing back, upgrade to something better, this module is not for you.
The constructor new creates and returns an empty Config::Tiny object.
new
The read constructor reads a config file, and returns a new Config::Tiny object containing the properties in the file.
read
Returns the object on success, or undef on error.
undef
When read fails, Config::Tiny sets an error message internally you can recover via <Config::Tiny-errstr>>. Although in some cases a failed read will also set the operating system error variable $!, not all errors do and you should not rely on using the $! variable.
<Config::Tiny-
$!
The read_string method takes as argument the contents of a config file as a string and returns the Config::Tiny object for it.
read_string
The write method generates the file content for the properties, and writes it to disk to the filename specified.
write
Returns true on success or undef on error.
Generates the file content for the object and returns it as a string.
When an error occurs, you can retrieve the error message either from the $Config::Tiny::errstr variable, or using the errstr() method.
$Config::Tiny::errstr
errstr()
Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Config-Tiny
For other issues, or commercial enhancement or support, contact the author.
Adam Kennedy, http://ali.as/, cpan@ali.as
Thanks to Sherzod Ruzmetov <sherzodr@cpan.org> for Config::Simple, which inspired this module by being not quite "simple" enough for me :)
Config::Simple, Config::General
Copyright 2002 - 2005 Adam Kennedy. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
To install Config::Tiny, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Config::Tiny
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Config::Tiny
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.