Write configuration data in a .ini file in PHP. It's important for large application to store global configurations about the whole/partial system for applications.

ini-file-generator.php

<?php
//@URL http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1268378/create-ini-file-write-values-in-php?answertab=votes#answer-1268642

function write_ini_file($assoc_arr, $path, $has_sections = FALSE)
{
    $content = "";
    if ($has_sections) {
        foreach ($assoc_arr as $key => $elem) {
            $content .= "[" . $key . "]\n";
            foreach ($elem as $key2 => $elem2) {
                if (is_array($elem2)) {
                    for ($i = 0; $i < count($elem2); $i++) {
                        $content .= $key2 . "[] = \"" . $elem2[$i] . "\"\n";
                    }
                } else if ($elem2 == "") $content .= $key2 . " = \n";
                else $content .= $key2 . " = \"" . $elem2 . "\"\n";
            }
        }
    } else {
        foreach ($assoc_arr as $key => $elem) {
            if (is_array($elem)) {
                for ($i = 0; $i < count($elem); $i++) {
                    $content .= $key . "[] = \"" . $elem[$i] . "\"\n";
                }
            } else if ($elem == "") $content .= $key . " = \n";
            else $content .= $key . " = \"" . $elem . "\"\n";
        }
    }

    if (!$handle = fopen($path, 'w')) {
        return false;
    }

    $success = fwrite($handle, $content);
    fclose($handle);

    return $success;
}

// write your array now in a .ini file
$sampleData = array(
    'first' => array(
        'first-1' => 1,
        'first-2' => 2,
        'first-3' => 3,
        'first-4' => 4,
        'first-5' => 5,
    ),
    'second' => array(
        'second-1' => 1,
        'second-2' => 2,
        'second-3' => 3,
        'second-4' => 4,
        'second-5' => 5,
    ));
write_ini_file($sampleData, './data.ini', true);