PHP - Environment Variables Not Available When Script Called From Cron Job / Command Line

Question

My test.php file looks like:

<?php

echo $_SERVER["myEnvVariable"];
echo getenv("myEnvVariable");

The above will return my set environment variable twice. It works when the script is called from outside the server.

If I call the same script on the server using the command line command:

php test.php

or using a cronjob

****** curl http://localhost/test.php

nothing is returned.

How do I make available my environment variables within the server itself? I am setting my environment variables within the Apache httpd.conf file.

Answer 1

Execute the cron job this way:

myEnvVariable=value php test.php

Variable will be available from getenv("myEnvVariable"), not in $_SERVER.

Answer 2

If you are having lots of environment variables try this,

Export env entries to a file

env >> /etc/environment

Add the CRON job with crontab -e

5,35 * * * * . /etc/environment; /usr/local/bin/php /srv/app/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

CRON: Running php scheduler at 05, 35 of each hour with source of all the environment variables. (replace with your command)