You can use http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-cfg-var.php or a class like this:
class TempIniValues {
private $original_settings = array();
public function __construct($var_name, $value) {
$this->set($var_name, $value);
}
public function set($var_name, $value) {
$this->original_settings[$var_name] = ini_get($var_name);
ini_set($var_name, $value);
}
public function get($var_name, $if_orig=false) {
return $if_orig?$this->get_orig($var_name):ini_get($var_name);
}
public function get_orig($var_name) {
return isset($this->original_settings[$var_name])?$this->original_settings[$var_name]:NULL;
}
public function __destruct() {
foreach($this->original_settings AS $setting_name => $setting_value) {
ini_set($setting_name,$setting_value);
}
}
}
function test() {
var_dump(ini_get('max_execution_time'));
$temp_ini=new TempIniValues('max_execution_time',42);
var_dump(ini_get('max_execution_time'));
}
var_dump(ini_get('max_execution_time'));
test();
var_dump(ini_get('max_execution_time'));