> `ini_get_size($option)` would be nice to have, but may not be feasible,
see <https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/8380#issuecomment-1100226598
>.
I concur and did start by exploring this idea. It raised too many questions when a simpler interface seemed
to accomplish what we need in practice.
> I guess it could [have ]be[en] useful to Symfony too:
It's my presumption that many projects have had to build some workaround, most of which are defective in a
range of plausible values (such as the linked Symphony code that interprets a `t` when PHP doesn't). Adding
this scope-limited function could be dramatic in removing the need to port PHP internals to outside projects.
> Regarding the name: What about 'ini_get_as_bytes()'? It makes the
relationship with 'ini_get()' clear by using the same prefix and the
suffix should be reasonable explanatory in what happens.
> Just not sure whether it should be e.g. `ini_get_size($option)` (like
ini_get) or rather e.g. `ini_parse_size($value)` (more generally
usable).
Given that many non-memory-size configuration settings also currently use this same parsing flow I have been
mixed on associating this with "byte sizes" the way the PHP docs indicate. In fact, based on the work in #7951
I've renamed my proposed function to `ini_parse_quantity( $shorthand )` and rather like the match between
the implementation and meaning.
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Dennis Snell
