How to handle arrays in the configuration? (Laravel)

Question

I created a new configuration file, which is a nested array with string keys. The .env can not store arrays, that is why I created the config/myconfig.php. I access the data with Config::get('myconfig')

Unfortunatelly this config is not the same for every customer. Since I can not put this array into the .env, I manually update the config php file, where it is needed.

What is the best way to define an environment variable, which is not a simple string, but a nested array?

There's no reason you can't store JSON strings in your .env file if you need to. You can call json_decode() on it. But be ware, this may have unintended consequences. — Ohgodwhy
– Ohgodwhy, Commented Apr 5, 2018 at 9:08
Just curious, what kind of environment variable are you trying to store as an array? Are the values not scalar? — Chibueze Opata
– Chibueze Opata, Commented Apr 5, 2018 at 10:22

Troyer · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-05 09:26:23Z

4

Got the same trouble and fixed following this post at Laracast and I think it fits your problem too.

Basically I created a custom config file in the config folder, like:

return [     
    env('KEY') => [
        env('KEY_ONE') => env('VALUE_ONE'),     
        env('KEY_TWO') => env('VALUE_TWO')  
    ]
};

And in my .env file:

KEY=VALUE
KEY_ONE=VALUE_ONE
KEY_TWO=VALUE_TWO

Simple as that, then you can access to the array in your application calling the config variable like:

Config::get('configfile_name.key');

or directly to the array index:

Config::get('configfile_name.key.key_one');

answered Apr 5, 2018 at 9:26

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Ariful Islam Over a year ago

thanks a lot for helping and it is working according to my requirements

saber tabatabaee yazdi Over a year ago

i want to get all configs in one of the config file as an array

cartbeforehorse Apr 4 at 16:15

Actually, you'd need to access values with Config::get('configfile_name.VALUE.VALUE_ONE'), which would give you a null result since you don't define VALUE_ONE in your .env file. Nevertheless, the principle works.

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