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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB
+* @copyright (c) 2011 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* Wrapper class for ini_get function.
+*
+* Provides easier handling of the different interpretations of ini values.
+*
+* @package phpBB
+*/
+class phpbb_php_ini
+{
+	/**
+	* Simple wrapper for ini_get()
+	* See http://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-get.php
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool|string		False if configuration option does not exist,
+	*							the configuration option value (string) otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get($varname)
+	{
+		return @ini_get($varname);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets configuration option value as a string and performs various
+	* normalisation on the returned value.
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool|string		False if configuration option does not exist,
+	*							the configuration option value (string) otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get_string($varname)
+	{
+		$value = $this->get($varname);
+
+		if ($value === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return trim($value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets configuration option value as a boolean.
+	* Interprets the string value 'off' as false.
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool				False if configuration option does not exist.
+	*							False if configuration option is disabled.
+	*							True otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get_bool($varname)
+	{
+		$value = strtolower($this->get_string($varname));
+
+		if (empty($value) || $value == 'off')
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets configuration option value as an integer.
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool|int			False if configuration option does not exist,
+	*							the configuration option value (integer) otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get_int($varname)
+	{
+		$value = $this->get_string($varname);
+
+		if (!is_numeric($value))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return (int) $value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets configuration option value as a float.
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool|float		False if configuration option does not exist,
+	*							the configuration option value (float) otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get_float($varname)
+	{
+		$value = $this->get_string($varname);
+
+		if (!is_numeric($value))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return (float) $value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets configuration option value in bytes.
+	* Converts strings like '128M' to bytes (integer or float).
+	*
+	* @param string $varname	The configuration option name.
+	* @return bool|int|float	False if configuration option does not exist,
+	*							the configuration option value otherwise.
+	*/
+	public function get_bytes($varname)
+	{
+		$value = strtolower($this->get_string($varname));
+
+		if ($value === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (is_numeric($value))
+		{
+			return $value;
+		}
+		else if (strlen($value) < 2)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$value_numeric = (int) $value;
+
+		switch ($value[strlen($value) - 1])
+		{
+			case 'g':
+				$value_numeric *= 1024;
+			case 'm':
+				$value_numeric *= 1024;
+			case 'k':
+				$value_numeric *= 1024;
+			break;
+
+			default:
+				// It's not already in bytes (and thus numeric)
+				// and does not carry a unit.
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		return $value_numeric;
+	}
+}