php parse_ini_file oop & deep

Question

I would like to make use of somehting like [parse_ini_file][1].

Lets say for instance I have a boot.ini file that I will load for further procedure:

Answer 1

$ini_array = parse_ini_file("sample.ini");

$ini = new stdclass;
foreach ($ini_array as $key => $value) {
    $last = substr(strrchr($key, '.'), 1);
    if (!$last) $last = $key;

    $node = $ini;

    foreach (explode('.', $key) as $key2) {
        if (!isset($node->$key2)) {
            $node->$key2 = new stdclass;
        }

        if ($key2 == $last) {
            $node->$key2 = $value;
        } else {
            $node = $node->$key2;
        }
    }

}

var_dump($ini->db->host1->type);