Accessing ENV vars from PHP
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Reading ENV vars from PHP.
How to read values from environment variables in PHP.
# 1. use the getenv function
echo getenv("MY_ENV_VAR");
# 2. use the global
echo $_SERVER["MY_ENV_VAR"];
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- The getenv() PHP function accepts a key and returns it's value.
- Use the global variable
$_SERVER.
Frameworks and content management systems will parse and use ENV vars automatically. Usually .env files are supported for local development. A config file to grab may $dbHost = env('DB_HOST');.
- Laravel: Use the
env()helper function - Craft CMS:
getenv()inconfig/general.php - WordPress:
getenv()to access environment variables inwp-config.php