Get environment value in controller

Question

In my .env file I have the following:

IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST=imap.gmail.com [email protected] IMAP_PASSWORD_TEST=mypw 

Now I would like to use them in my controller. I've tried this, but without any result:

$hostname = config('IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST'); 

The $hostname variable is equal to null. How can I use these configuration variables in my controller?

Answer 1

Try it with:

<?php $hostname = env("IMAP_HOSTNAME_TEST", "somedefaultvalue"); ?> 

Answer 2

It Doesn't work in Laravel 5.3+ if you want to try to access the value from the controller like below. It always returns null

<?php      $value = env('MY_VALUE', 'default_value'); 

SOLUTION: Rather, you need to create a file in the configuration folder, say values.php and then write the code like below

File values.php

<?php      return [          'myvalue' => env('MY_VALUE',null),          // Add other values as you wish 

Then access the value in your controller with the following code

<?php      $value = \Config::get('values.myvalue') 

Where "values" is the filename followed by the key "myvalue".