- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- parse_ini_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$s = <<<EOF
[group]
var=123
var2[]
var2[]=a
var2[]=b
var3[1]=test1
var3[2]=test2;test3
[group2]
EOF;
var_dump($s);
$r = parse_ini_string( $s , true, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
var_dump($r);