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Config-MySQL-0.02
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/ Config::MySQL::Reader

NAME

Config::MySQL::Reader - Read MySQL-style configuration files

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

If my.cnf contains


            

              
              
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
skip-locking
[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M
!include /etc/my_other.cnf
!include /etc/my_extra.cnf

Then when your program contains


            

              
              
my $config = Config::MySQL::Reader->read_file('my.cnf');

$config will contain


            

              
              
{
    '_' => {
        '!include' => [
            '/etc/my_other.cnf',
            '/etc/my_extra.cnf',
        ],
    },
    'mysqld' => {
        'datadir'      => '/var/lib/mysql',
        'skip-locking' => undef,
    },
    'mysqldump' => {
        'quick'              => undef,
        'max_allowed_packet' => '16M',
    },
}

DECSRIPTION

This module extends Config::INI::Reader to support reading MySQL-style configuration files. Although deceptively similar to standard .INI files, they can include bare boolean options with no value assignment and additional features like !include and !includedir.

Config::MySQL::Reader does not read files included by the !include and !includedir directives, but does preserve the directives so that you can safely read, modify, and re-write configuration files without losing them. If you need to read the contents of included files, you may want to look at Config::Extend::MySQL which handles this automatically (but does not handle roundtripping).

METHODS FOR READING CONFIG

read_file, read_string, and read_handle

See "METHODS FOR READING CONFIG" in Config::INI::Reader for usage details.

OVERRIDDEN METHODS

parse_value_assignment

Copes with MySQL-style boolean properties that have no value assignment.

can_ignore

Handle !include and !includedir directives. Comments can start with hash too.

preprocess_line

Strip inline comments (starting with ; or #)

SEE ALSO

Config::INI
MySQL::Config
Config::Extend::MySQL

AUTHOR

Iain Arnell, <iarnell at gmail.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-config-ini-mysql at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Config-MySQL. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.


            

              
              
perldoc Config::MySQL::Reader

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Ricardo Signes for Config-INI.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2010 Iain Arnell.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.