<?php

class Settings
{
	private static $instance;
	private $ini_settings = array();
	const database_host = 'localhost';
	const database_user = 'root';
	const database_pass = '';
	const database_name = 'savory';

	private function __construct() {

		try {
			$path_parts = pathinfo(__FILE__);
			$file = file_exists($path_parts['dirname'].'\settings.ini');

			if ($file === false) { throw new Exception('INI file not found'); }

			//parse the ini file
			$ini_array = parse_ini_file($path_parts['dirname'].'\settings.ini', true);

			//need to check for an empty array PHP < 5.2.7 and false PHP > 5.2.7
			if (empty($ini_array) OR $ini_array == false) {
				Throw new Exception('Error loading ini file');
			}

			$this->ini_settings = $ini_array;

		} catch(Exception $e) {
			echo 'Caught Exception: ', $e->getMessage();
			exit();
		}

	}

	// The singleton method
	public static function instance()
	{
		if (!(self::$instance instanceof self)) {
			self::$instance = new Settings();
		}

		return self::$instance;
	}

	public function database_settings()
	{
		$db = array(
			'database_host' => self::database_host,
			'database_user' => self::database_user,
			'database_pass' => self::database_pass,
			'database_name' => self::database_name
		);

		return $db;
	}

	public function settings() {

		return $this->ini_settings;
	}

	public function __clone()
	{
		throw new Exception('Clone is not allowed on singleton class');
	}

}

$ini_array = Settings::instance()->settings();
?>

; Savory configuration file
;
; Best to save this file outside the accessible folders
; database user / password stored in settings.php

[savory]
database = "mysql"
session = "database"
auth = "keys"

[smarty]
cache = "E:\xampplite\htdocs\modules\Smarty-2.6.26\cache"
compile = "E:\xampplite\htdocs\modules\Smarty-2.6.26templates_c"
config = "E:\xampplite\htdocs\modules\Smarty-2.6.26\configs"
templates = "E:\xampplite\htdocs\modules\Smarty-2.6.26\templates\savory"