Printing env variables in View

Hi,

I want to print env variables in my view since I want to debug some issues. Here's what I am trying.

 <p> Mail Driver: {{ env('MAIL_DRIVER') }}</p>
  <br>
  <p> Mail Domain: {{ env('MAILGUN_DOMAIN') }}</p>
  <br>
  <p> Mail Secret: {{ env('MAILGUN_SECRET') }}</p>
  <br>
  <p> DB Host: {{ env('DB_HOST') }}</p>

These however are printing blank values in my local environment. On my server it is showing actual values.

Is there something wrong in the way I am printing. Also not sure why I can see values printed on my server but not on my local.

bobbybouwmann

10 years ago

Level 88

Working fine for me on my local project!

I think you need to clear your view. Laravel is caching your view by default. You can clear your view by running this command

php artisan view:clear

If you then refresh you should see your variables ;)

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gmehtaster

10 years ago

Level 1

@bobbybouwmann

So I am using Homestead to run an environment in my local. On Homestead I tried view:clear I even tried php artisan cache:clear

I tried vagrant reload --provision but it is still showing all blanks

However, it is still showing all blanks. Any suggestions on what else can I try?

jbradfield

8 years ago

Level 5

I am getting blanks as well

change .env file ie add APP_PHONE="(888) 555-1212"
run php artisan config:cache from command line
from view attempt to put env('APP_PHONE', 'Did not work') => Did not work

what am i missing?

Cronix

8 years ago

Level 67

@jbradfield check the big orange warning in the docs for config:cache

If you execute the config:cache command during your deployment process, you should be sure that you are only calling the env function from within your configuration files. Once the configuration has been cached, the .env file will not be loaded and all calls to the env function will return null.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/configuration#configuration-caching

So create a new config file (or add to an existing one), use env() in that to set the values from .env, and then use config('filename.keyname') to retrieve it.

.env

APP_PHONE="(888) 555-1212"

config/test.php

return [
    'APP_PHONE' => env('APP_PHONE', 'some default value'),
];

view:

{{ config('test.APP_PHONE') }}

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