private function load($url) {
		if (!file_exists($url)) {
			throw new LoggerException("File [$url] does not exist.");
		}
		
		$properties = @parse_ini_file($url, true);
		if ($properties === false) {
			$error = error_get_last();
			throw new LoggerException("Error parsing configuration file: {$error['message']}");
		}
		
		return $properties;
	}