- val ($section, $parameter) - Returns the value of the specified parameter in section $section. - setval ($section, $parameter, $value, [ $value2, ... ]) - Sets the value of parameter $parameter in section $section to $value (or to a set of values). - newval($setion, $parameter, $value [, $value2, ...]) - Adds a new value to the configuration file. - delval($section, $parameter) - Deletes the specified value from the configuration file - Sections - Returns an array containing section names in the configuration file. If the *nocase* option was turned on when the config object was created, the section names will be returned in lowercase.