get enviroment variables from .env file

[FL-RKS]

i need a way to charge get enviroment variables stored in a .env file

i know that there are libraries to do that, but is takes a lot of time, there is a native way to do that in php in less time?

[ginerjm]

What do you consider 'environment variables'?  Not familiar with that term since my days with MS-DOS.

And did you mean to say 'charge' or possibly 'change'?

[FL-RKS]

i refeer to the variables stored in a .env file in the root of your proyect, like:

DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_USER="root"
DB_NAME="test"
DB_PASSWORD="123abs"

API_KEY="secret_key"

there is a superglobal variavle called $_ENV, but is empty even if the .env file is valid

[ginerjm]

So that is part of a 3rd party app that you are using?  Not familiar with how those apps do that since I have never used one.  But - they look like constants.  Maybe search the php manual for CONSTANTS and see what it tells you.  (PS - those lines all need semis)

Edited August 10, 2021 by ginerjm

[Barand]

You could treat that .env file as an ini file.

For example...

$envs = parse_ini_file('myproject.env');

echo $envs['API_KEY'];       //->  secret key

 

[requinix]

If you're talking about Laravel's .env file then you should be using Laravel's procedures to access its data.

https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/configuration#environment-configuration