Custom scripts in 25.11 Getting Parse_config() Crash

[townsenk64]

In 25.7 I had used a couple custom scripts to change a gateway rule via local ssh
the script looks like this```
code_text

<?php
require_once("globals.inc");
require_once("filter.inc");
require_once("util.inc");
require_once("config.inc");

global $config;

$config = parse_config(true);
foreach ($config['filter']['rule'] as &$value) {
    if (strpos(strtolower($value['descr']), 'allow access') !== false) {
        if (strpos(strtolower($value['gateway']), 'wan') !== false) {
		$value['gateway'] = 'vpnbalance';
		}
		else
		{
		$value['gateway'] = 'WAN';
		}
    }
}
write_config("Configuration Changed");
$retval |= filter_configure();
?>

Now with 25.11 I get a Crash Report with the following error. 

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Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[13-Dec-2025 12:01:50 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function parse_config() in /usr/local/bin/kvpn.php:12
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
  thrown in /usr/local/bin/kvpn.php on line 12
___


It appears that the parse_config() function has been moved or no longer exists.
Any ideas?

[dennypage]

@townsenk64 You need to use the config_* functions. The documentation on the switch to PHP 8 (back in 23.01) should get you going:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/php-config-arrays.html

[townsenk64]

@dennypage Thanks that sure enough did get me started and AI had me a working script in less that a minute.