ini_get

Gets the value of a configuration option

&reftitle.description; `string` `ini_get` `string` `varname`

Returns the value of the configuration option on success.

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`varname`

- The configuration option name.

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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.

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### 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;
    }

    ?>

&example.outputs.similar;

    display_errors = 1
    register_globals = 0
    post_max_size = 8M
    post_max_size+1 = 9
    post_max_size in bytes = 8388608

&reftitle.notes;

### 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.

### 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.

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&Version; | &Description;
5.3.0 | Previously, the empty string was returned if the configuration option didn't exist. now, &false; is returned instead.

&reftitle.seealso;

- `get_cfg_var`
- `ini_get_all`
- `ini_restore`
- `ini_set`