From 3a48f643707802fdedfec095637bd8dc24c9d610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jose Lorenzo Rodriguez <jose.zap@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:15:31 -0430
Subject: [PATCH] Optimizing and simplifying Configure::write(), this also
 allows arbitrary nesting limit in configure keys

---
 lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php | 24 +++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
index 67cabfc50..7871930d1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
@@ -124,26 +124,12 @@ class Configure {
 		}
 
 		foreach ($config as $name => $value) {
-			if (strpos($name, '.') === false) {
-				self::$_values[$name] = $value;
-			} else {
-				$names = explode('.', $name, 4);
-				switch (count($names)) {
-					case 2:
-						self::$_values[$names[0]][$names[1]] = $value;
-					break;
-					case 3:
-						self::$_values[$names[0]][$names[1]][$names[2]] = $value;
-					break;
-					case 4:
-						$names = explode('.', $name, 2);
-						if (!isset(self::$_values[$names[0]])) {
-							self::$_values[$names[0]] = array();
-						}
-						self::$_values[$names[0]] = Set::insert(self::$_values[$names[0]], $names[1], $value);
-					break;
-				}
+			$pointer = &self::$_values;
+			foreach (explode('.', $name) as $key) {
+				$pointer = &$pointer[$key];
 			}
+			$pointer = $value;
+			unset($pointer);
 		}
 
 		if (isset($config['debug']) && function_exists('ini_set')) {