Get environment value in controller

Question

In my .env file I have the following:

IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST=imap.gmail.com
IMAP_USERNAME_TEST=myemail@gmail.com
IMAP_PASSWORD_TEST=mypw

Now I

Answer 1

In config/app.php file make a instance of env variable like 'name' => env('APP_NAME', 'Laravel') & In your controller call it like config('app.name')

Run following commands php artisan config:cache php artisan cache:clear if it is not working.

Answer 2

You can use with this format (tested on Laravel 5.5). In my case I used it for gettting the data of database connections and use on Controller:

$User = env('DB_USERNAMEchild','');
$Pass = env('DB_PASSWORDchild','');

The second parameter can be null, or set any default in case of DB_USERNAMEchild is null.

Your .env file can be the same:

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=FATHERBD
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=password

DB_DATABASEchild=ZTEST
DB_USERNAMEchild=root
DB_PASSWORDchild=passwordofchild

Answer 3

In Controller

$hostname = $_ENV['IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST']; (or) $hostname = env('IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST');

In blade.view

{{$_ENV['IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST']}}

Answer 4

You can not access the environment variable like this.

Inside the .env file you write

IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST=imap.gmail.com  // I am okay with this

Next, inside the config folder there is a file, mail.php. You may use this file to code. As you are working with mail functionality. You might use another file as well.

return [

//..... other declarations
'imap_hostname_test' => env('IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST'),
// You are hiding the value inside the configuration as well

];

You can call the variable from a controller using 'config(. Whatever file you are using inside config folder. You need to use that file name (without extension) + '.' + 'variable name' + ')'. In the current case you can call the variable as follows.

$hostname = config('mail.imap_hostname_test');

Since you declare the variable inside mail.php and the variable name is imap_hostname_test, you need to call it like this. If you declare this variable inside app.php then you should call

$hostname = config('app.imap_hostname_test');