Level 18
You should be fine using that URL. How are you trying to view the value? env('API_URL') should be returning the value.
May 16, 2016
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Level 2
Adding URLs to .env file
Hi all,
Is it possible to add urls to a .env file? In .env file, I have the following line:
API_URL=http://localhost/testsite/api.php
However, when I try to view the value of .env variable, it also comes back as null. So my question is, can we use url in the .env file?
Many thanks,
Emmanuel
Level 2
Hi Joe,
yeah, that is what I am attempting to do.. but it seems to come back as a null value everytime...
Level 18
Hmm, weird. Could you share your code please?
Level 1
It works for me:
In .env:
API_URL=http://localhost/testsite/api.php
$ tinker
Psy Shell v0.7.2 (PHP 5.5.12 TCo cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> env('API_URL')
=> "http://localhost/testsite/api.php"
Level 41
If you cached your configurations, you will need to clear it and then re-cache it.
php artisan config:clear
php artisan config:cache
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Level 2
Looks like clearing the Config cache fixed the problem... thanks for the help guys :)
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Level 4
It worked for me also. I am trying to referencing the url through the controller is that possible?
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