A common alternative to storing configuration items in an INI file is to use a simple PHP script to hold the data.
通常对于在INI文件中存储配置条目的一个替代办法是使用一个简单的php脚本来保持数据。
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Sharing data via a common UNIX file is simple, because it USES familiar file operations.
通过一般的UNIX文件共享数据很简单，因为它使用大家熟悉的文件操作。
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XML is a great choice for well-developed, highly interoperable applications and, as such, it is becoming more and more common both for data storage and for configuration file management.