NAME

OpenInteract::Config::Ini - Read/write INI-style (++) configuration files

SYNOPSIS

 my $config = OpenInteract::Config::Ini->new({ filename => 'myconf.ini' });
 print "Main database driver is:", $config->{db_info}{main}{driver}, "\n";
 $config->{db_info}{main}{username} = 'mariolemieux';
 $config->write_file;

DESCRIPTION

This is a very simple implementation of a configuration file reader/writer that preserves comments and section order, enables multivalue fields and one or two-level sections.

Yes, there are other configuration file modules out there to manipulate INI-style files. But this one takes several features from them while providing a very simple and uncluttered interface.

• From Config::IniFiles we take comment preservation and the idea that we can have multi-level sections like:

   [Section subsection]

• From Config::Ini and AppConfig we borrow the usage of multivalue keys:

   item = first
   item = second

Example

Given the following configuration in INI-style:

 [datasource]
 default_connection_db = main
 db                    = main
 db                    = other

 [db_info main]
 db_owner      =
 username      = captain
 password      = whitman
 dsn           = dbname=usa
 db_name       =
 driver_name   = Pg
 sql_install   =
 long_read_len = 65536
 long_trunc_ok = 0

 [db_info other]
 db_owner      =
 username      = tyger
 password      = blake
 dsn           = dbname=britain
 db_name       =
 driver_name   = Pg
 sql_install   =
 long_read_len = 65536
 long_trunc_ok = 0

You would get the following Perl data structure:

 $config = {
   datasource => {
      default_connection_db => 'main',
      db                    => [ 'main', 'other' ],
   },
   db_info => {

      main => {
           db_owner      => undef,
           username      => 'captain',
           password      => 'whitman',
           dsn           => 'dbname=usa',
           db_name       => undef,
           driver_name   => 'Pg',
           sql_install   => undef,
           long_read_len => '65536',
           long_trunc_ok => '0',
      },

      other => {
           db_owner      => undef,
           username      => 'tyger',
           password      => 'blake',
           dsn           => 'dbname=britain',
           db_name       => undef,
           driver_name   => 'Pg',
           sql_install   => undef,
           long_read_len => '65536',
           long_trunc_ok => '0',
      },
   },
 };

'Global' Key

Anything under the 'Global' key in the configuration will be available under the configuration object root. For instance:

 [Global]
 DEBUG = 1

will be available as:

 $CONFIG->{DEBUG}

SEE ALSO

AppConfig

Config::Ini

Config::IniFiles

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 intes.net, inc.. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHORS

Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>