protected function loadSettings($directory, $file)
{
$result = array();
if (is_readable($directory . '/' . $file)) {
$settings = file($directory . '/' . $file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
foreach ($settings as $setting) {
list($param, $value) = explode('=', $setting);
$result[$param] = $value;
}
return $result;
}
return null;
}