Question : get info from php.ini

How can i get some info from php.ini am making a installer and would like to see if the Multibyte String Support is enabled on the server how would i do this?

Answer : get info from php.ini

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Have a look at these:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.php4.req.php
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.modes.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-get-info.php
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.function-exists.php

Cordial regards, ~Ray
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<?php // RAY_mb_detect.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo "<pre>" . PHP_EOL;

// DETECT IF THE MULTI-BYTE STRING FUNCTIONS ARE WORKING
// MAN PAGE: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-get-info.php

if (function_exists('mb_get_info'))
{
    var_dump(mb_get_info());
}
else
{
    echo "mb_get_info() function does not exist";
}
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