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title: "JavaScript ini_alter function"
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- /functions/view/ini_alter:596
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's ini_alter

{% codeblock info/ini_alter.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/info/ini_alter.js raw on github %}
function ini_alter (varname, newvalue) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // -    depends on: ini_set
  // *     example 1: ini_alter('date.timezone', 'America/Chicago');
  // *     returns 1: 'Asia/Hong_Kong'
  return this.ini_set(varname, newvalue);
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [view on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/info/ini_alter.js)
 - [edit on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/info/ini_alter.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
ini_alter('date.timezone', 'America/Chicago');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
'Asia/Hong_Kong'
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the info extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/info.html %}