src/IniParser.php
protected function parseValue($value) {
        switch ($this->array_literals_behavior) {
            case self::PARSE_JSON:
                if (in_array(substr($value, 0, 1), array('[', '{')) && in_array(substr($value, -1), array(']', '}'))) {
                    if (defined('JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING')) {
                        $output = json_decode($value, true, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
                    } else {
                        $output = json_decode($value, true);
                    }

                    if ($output !== NULL) {
                        return $output;
                    }
                }
            // fallthrough
            // try regex parser for simple estructures not JSON-compatible (ex: colors = [blue, green, red])
            case self::PARSE_SIMPLE:
                // if the value looks like [a,b,c,...], interpret as array
                if (preg_match('/^\[\s*.*?(?:\s*,\s*.*?)*\s*\]$/', trim($value))) {
                    return array_map('trim', explode(',', trim(trim($value), '[]')));
                }
                break;
        }
        return $value;
    }
protected function parseValue($value) {
        switch ($this->array_literals_behavior) {
            case self::PARSE_JSON:
                if (in_array(substr($value, 0, 1), array('[', '{')) && in_array(substr($value, -1), array(']', '}'))) {
                    if (defined('JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING')) {
                        $output = json_decode($value, true, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
                    } else {
                        $output = json_decode($value, true);
                    }

                    if ($output !== NULL) {
                        return $output;
                    }
                }
            // fallthrough
            // try regex parser for simple estructures not JSON-compatible (ex: colors = [blue, green, red])
            case self::PARSE_SIMPLE:
                // if the value looks like [a,b,c,...], interpret as array
                if (preg_match('/^\[\s*.*?(?:\s*,\s*.*?)*\s*\]$/', trim($value))) {
                    return array_map('trim', explode(',', trim(trim($value), '[]')));
                }
                break;
        }
        return $value;
    }
protected function parseValue ( $ value ) { switch ( $ this -> array_literals_behavior ) { case self :: PARSE_JSON : if ( in_array ( substr ( $ value , 0 , 1 ) , array ( '[' , '{' ) ) && in_array ( substr ( $ value , - 1 ) , array ( ']' , '}' ) ) ) { if ( defined ( 'JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING' ) ) { $ output = json_decode ( $ value , true , 512 , JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING ) ; } else { $ output = json_decode ( $ value , true ) ; } if ( $ output !== NULL ) { return $ output ; } } // fallthrough // try regex parser for simple estructures not JSON-compatible (ex: colors = [blue, green, red]) case self :: PARSE_SIMPLE : // if the value looks like [a,b,c,...], interpret as array if ( preg_match ( '/^\[\s*.*?(?:\s*,\s*.*?)*\s*\]$/' , trim ( $ value ) ) ) { return array_map ( 'trim' , explode ( ',' , trim ( trim ( $ value ) , '[]' ) ) ) ; } break ; } return $ value ; }
Parses and formats the value in a key-value pair

@param string $value

@return mixed
Parses and formats the value in a key - value pair