- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- parse_ini_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$s = <<<EOF
[group]
var=123
var2[]=
var2[]=true
var2[]=yes
var2[]=disabled
var3[a]="test1;test2"
var3[b]="test3,test3,test5|test6"
[group2]
EOF;
$r = parse_ini_string( $s , false, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
var_dump($r);