rb-cohen / php-env
Envrionment variable helper
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ^5.5
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Last update: 2026-03-12 16:15:41 UTC
README
Useful function for getting envrionment varibles for config, with a default fallback if the variable is not set.
Functions
env($name, $default = null)
Looks for an environment variable called $name, returning $default if the variable is not available.
$default can be an anonymous function, which will be called to obtain a value if the environment variable is not set.
Strings 'true', 'false' and 'null' will be converted to their PHP types true, false and null.
env_to_array($name, $default = array())
Similar to env, calls env internally, but will split the env variable or default value in to an array by comma.
Also trims the array values.
resolve_value($value)
Used by env() to recursively call anonymous functions to resolve a value if the variable is not set.
Examples
Basic config
$config = [
'mysql' => [
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'dbuser'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
'dbname' => env('DB_NAME', 'my_database'),
]
];
Using an anonymous function
$username = env('USER', function(){
return exec('whoami');
});