Data Structure
Networking
RDBMS
Operating System
Java
MS Excel
iOS
HTML
CSS
Android
Python
C Programming
C++
C#
MongoDB
MySQL
Javascript
PHP
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
English
Economics
Psychology
Social Studies
Fashion Studies
Legal Studies
- Selected Reading
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
- Developer's Best Practices
- Questions and Answers
- Effective Resume Writing
- HR Interview Questions
- Computer Glossary
- Who is Who
Fastest way to store easily editable config data in PHP?
Serialize is better in comparison to JSON to store PHP variables.
The var_export can be used to save config file, and 'include' can be used to load the config file information.
This is an easy way to save config data programmatically and easier to read/write. Below is a sample code for the same −
config.php
return array( 'var_1'=> 'value_1', 'var_2'=> 'value_2', );
test.php
$config = include 'config.php';
$config['var_2']= 'value_3';
file_put_contents('config.php', '<?php return ' . var_export($config, true) . ';');Instead of the above test.php, the below code can also be used −
$config = include 'config.php';
$config['var_2']= 'value_3';
file_put_contents('config.php', '$config = ' . var_export($config));The updated config.php contains the following code −
return array( 'var_1'=> 'value_1', 'var_2'=> 'value_3', );
Updated on: 06-Apr-2020
500 Views
Advertisements