Are there specific settings in the php.ini file that could affect the parsing of .ini files with special characters?

Special characters in .ini files can cause parsing issues if not properly handled by PHP. To ensure that .ini files with special characters are parsed correctly, you can set the `mbstring.func_overload` directive in the php.ini file to a value of 0. This will disable the overload of string functions by mbstring, which can interfere with the parsing of .ini files.

// Set mbstring.func_overload to 0 in php.ini
mbstring.func_overload = 0;