Config::Tiny - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as possible

    # In your configuration file
    rootproperty=blah

    [section]
    one=twp
    three= four
    Foo =Bar
    empty=

    # In your program
    use Config::Tiny;

    # Create a config
    my $Config = Config::Tiny->new();

    # Open the config
    $Config = Config::Tiny->read( 'file.conf' );

    # Reading properties
    my $rootproperty = $Config->{_}->{rootproperty};
    my $one = $Config->{section}->{one};
    my $Foo = $Config->{section}->{Foo};

    # Changing data
    $Config->{newsection} = { this => 'that' }; # Add a section
    $Config->{section}->{Foo} = 'Not Bar!';     # Change a value
    delete $Config->{_};                        # Delete a value or section

    # Save a config
    $Config->write( 'file.conf' );

CWConfig::Tiny is a perl class to read and write .ini style configuration files with as little code as possible, reducing load time and memory overhead. Most of the time it is accepted that Perl applications use a lot of memory and modules. The CW::Tiny family of modules is specifically intended to provide an ultralight alternative to the standard modules.

This module is primarily for reading human written files, and anything we write shouldn't need to have documentation/comments. If you need something with more power move up to Config::Simple, Config::General or one of the many other CWConfig:: modules. To rephrase, Config::Tiny does not preserve your comments, whitespace, or the order of your config file.

Files are the same format as for windows .ini files. For example:

        [section]
        var1=value1
        var2=value2

If a property is outside of a section at the beginning of a file, it will be assigned to the CW"root section", available at CW$Config->{_}.

Lines starting with CW'#' or CW';' are considered comments and ignored, as are blank lines.

When writing back to the config file, all comments, custom whitespace, and the ordering of your config file elements is discarded. If you need to keep the human elements of a config when writing back, upgrade to something better, this module is not for you.

The constructor CWnew creates and returns an empty CWConfig::Tiny object. The CWread constructor reads a config file, and returns a new CWConfig::Tiny object containing the properties in the file.

Returns the object on success, or CWundef on error. The CWread_string method takes as argument the contents of a config file as a string and returns the CWConfig::Tiny object for it. The CWwrite method generates the file content for the properties, and writes it to disk to the filename specified.

Returns true on success or CWundef on error.

Generates the file content for the object and returns it as a string.

When an error occurs, you can retrieve the error message either from the CW$Config::Tiny::errstr variable, or using the CWerrstr() method.

Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Config-Tiny>

For other issues, or commercial enhancement or support, contact the author.

Adam Kennedy, <http://ali.as/>, cpan@ali.as

Thanks to Sherzod Ruzmetov <sherzodr@cpan.org> for Config::Simple, which inspired this module by being not quite simple enough for me :)

Config::Simple, Config::General

Copyright 2002 - 2005 Adam Kennedy. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.