sberdyug / yii2-dotenv

PHP dotenv for Yii2 framework

Yii2 DotEnv

PHP DotEnv for Yii2 framework.

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yiithings/yii2-dotenv "*"

or add

"yiithings/yii2-dotenv": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file.

Usage

Once the extension is installed, simply use it in your code by :

[
    'db' => [
        'password' => env('DB_PASS'),
    ],
]

The env function will autoload .env file, it uses the following search mechanism:

If there is a Yii class, then pass the alias @vendor or @app or @yii, Otherwise 
according to the project directory to determine.

But, if your application vendor directory is a symbol link and you no registered @vendor or @app alias before call env function, the project will not working. So you should set the @vendor alias before calling env function.