How to Get Environment Value in Config File

Question

Currently, I have an environment variable in my .env file.

MY_NAME_TEST=Testing

How do I pass that variable as part of a path in a config file? I'm trying to get a path similar to below:

base_path('Plugins/Testing/Database/Migrations/')

Notice the "Testing" part of the path in the sample above; I need that name to be different each time.

Would this work? `base_path('Plugins/'.env('MY_NAME_TEST', 'Testing').'/Database/Migrations/')` — ljubadr, Jan 10 '19 at 23:32
@ljubadr your comment will also *set* the env variable, something that should be noted. — Linus Juhlin, Jan 11 '19 at 00:23
That's true, I just thought that it would be better to have fallback if `MY_NAME_TEST` is missing — ljubadr, Jan 11 '19 at 00:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '19 at 00:20

You're able to retreive the values anywhere in your laravel project by making use of the env function.

env('MY_NAME_TEST'); // returns "Testing"

In your case it would be used like so:

base_path('Plugins/' . env('MY_NAME_TEST') . '/Database/Migrations/'

The second parameter the env function takes is a default value if a value is not already set.

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