https://github.com/zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill

Enables the env() function for providing default environment values and retrieving a variable from $_ENV.
https://github.com/zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill

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Enables the env() function for providing default environment values and retrieving a variable from $_ENV.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill
• Owner: zVPS
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-12-04T11:10:46.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-02-13T09:01:36.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-17T07:07:00.966Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: PHP
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## Laravel 4 Env Polyfill

Laravel 5 has a nice function `env()` which can assign a default variable if empty/null/blank. 

Laravel 4 applications are generally missing this functionality and if not running on >= `PHP 7.0` can't use the ?? notation 

to keep `(isset($_ENV(thing))) ? $_ENV(thing) : default` short and sweet e.g `$_ENV(thing) ?? default`.

## Installation

    composer require zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill

## Setup

Make sure to start using the detectEnvironment functionality inside `boostrap/start.php` so `.env.local.php` for example are available and selected correctly.

    $env = $app->detectEnvironment(array(

      'local' => array('your-machine-name'),

    ));

Next setup .env files and a .env.example.php so required defaults are documented.

    .env.local.php

     'my_database',

      'DATABASE_USER' => 'username',

      'DATABASE_PASSWORD' => 'totally_secure_password'

    );

Next update all files in `app/config/*.php` with the env() polyfill:

Without polyfill:

    'host'      => if(isset($_ENV['DATABASEHOST']) ? $_ENV['DATABASE_HOST'] : 'localhost',

    'database'  => if(isset($_ENV['DATABASE_NAME']) ? $_ENV['DATABASE_NAME'] : 'default_db',

    'username'  => if(isset($_ENV['DATABASE_USERNAME']) ? $_ENV['DATABASE_USERNAME'] : 'default_user',

    'password'  => if(isset($_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD']) ? $_ENV['DATABASE_PASSWORD'] : 'default_pass',

With polyfill:

    'host'      => env('DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost')

    'database'  => env('DATABASE_NAME', 'default_db'),

    'username'  => env('DATABASE_USER', 'default_user'),

    'password'  => env('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'default_pass')