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Ok - so you have a Zend Framework ini file that contains the line:

mycustom.setting ="bar"

…and you want to be able to get the value of  mycustom.setting from within an _init*() method of your Zend Framework MVC Application’s Bootstrap file.

Using getOptions() Method:

//With Zend 1.8.4 (as are all these examples)

//within bootstrap::_initX() method {
$options = $this->getOptions();

$mycustom_setting = $options['mycustom']['setting'];

Note The Case!

Note the first key of the ini setting is folded down to be lower case in the array returned by $this->getOptions()

If you have the following line in your config/application.ini file :

MyCustom.SetTing ="bar"

this, unhealthy, line of code:

print_r($this->getOptions());

will print out as:

...other values...
    [mycustom] => Array
        (
            [SetTing] => bar
        )
...other values including, possibly, db credentials...

Note Security!

DO NOT PRINT OUT THE OPTIONS ON A LIVE SITE!!

It would also print out the the db credentials if they are also set in the ini config!

Getting Cusom Ini Settings Using Bootstrap::getOption($key) method

Instead of using Bootstrap::getOptions(), try getting an option via the  Bootstrap::getOption($key) method.

You access it like this:

;app ini file
my.ini.setting.key = "value"
---
//in bootstrap class i've not tested it though
$myvalues_arr = getOption($key='my');
$myvalue = $myvalues_arr['ini']['setting']['key'];

Accessing the ini settings from a controller

For this setting:

mycustom.setting ="bar"

Try this in a controller class :

//within controller
$options = $this->getInvokeArg('bootstrap')->getOptions();

$mycustom_setting = $options['mycustom']['setting'];

echo($mycustom_setting);

prints:

bar

OK happy now?

Resources / Further  Reading

Read about the bootstrap

See Zend Application API Docs - outlining the methods of the classes involved 

See  Zend Application API Docs With Tables Converted to a More Readable Format

Nabble question: “How to get Config options?“

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