diff --git a/cake/libs/config/ini_file.php b/cake/libs/config/ini_file.php
index cb5c8df73..e31218bd0 100644
--- a/cake/libs/config/ini_file.php
+++ b/cake/libs/config/ini_file.php
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@
  *
  * @package cake.config
  */
-class IniFile {
+class IniFile implements ArrayAccess {
+
+/**
+ * Values inside the ini file.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	protected $_values = array();
 
 /**
  * Build and construct a new ini file parser, the parser will be a representation of the ini 
@@ -32,6 +39,26 @@ class IniFile {
  * @param string $filename Full path to the file to parse.
  */
 	public function __construct($filename) {
-		
+		$contents = parse_ini_file($filename, true);
+		$this->_values = $contents;
+	}
+
+	public function offsetExists($name) {
+		return isset($this->_values[$name]);
+	}
+	
+	public function offsetGet($name) {
+		if (!isset($this->_values[$name])) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return $this->_values[$name];
+	}
+	
+	public function offsetSet($name, $value) {
+		$this->_values[$name] = $value;
+	}
+	
+	public function offsetUnset($name) {
+		unset($this->_values[$name]);
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/config/ini_file.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/config/ini_file.test.php
index c41b74203..56535dc57 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/config/ini_file.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/config/ini_file.test.php
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ App::import('Core', 'config/IniFile');
 
 class IniFileTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
+/**
+ * The test file that will be read.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
 	var $file;
 
 /**
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@ class IniFileTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		parent::setup();
 		$this->file = TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'config'. DS . 'acl.ini.php';
 	}
+
 /**
  * test constrction
  *
@@ -22,6 +28,9 @@ class IniFileTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	function testConstruct() {
 		$config = new IniFile($this->file);
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($config->admin));
+
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($config['admin']));
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($config['paul']['groups']));
+		$this->assertEquals('ads', $config['admin']['deny']);
 	}
 }
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