PHP DotEnv for CodeIgniter

Autodetect environment type and load variables from .env to getenv(), $_ENV and $_SERVER automagically.

Installation

1. Install Composer

$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

2. Paste all of these files to your CodeIgniter root.
3. Install package on application directory

$ cd application
$ composer install

Configuration

1. Enable your Composer Autoload and Hooks: application/config/config.php

$config['enable_hooks'] = FALSE; to $config['enable_hooks'] = TRUE;

$config['composer_autoload'] = FALSE; to $config['composer_autoload'] = TRUE;

2. Add this code to your application hooks: application/config/hooks.php

// Use this code if your .env files on *CodeIgniter ROOT* folder
$hook['pre_system'] = function() {
	$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::create(FCPATH);
	$dotenv->load();
};

or

// Use this code if your .env files on *application* folder
$hook['pre_system'] = function() {
	$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::create(APPPATH);
	$dotenv->load();
};

3. Create your .env files

$ cp .env.example .env

Usage Example

Database Configuration

1. Edit database.php on application/config/database.php
2. Replace this code:

	'hostname' => 'localhost',
	'username' => '',
	'password' => '',
	'database' => '',
	'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',

to

	'hostname' => getenv('DB_HOSTNAME'),
	'username' => getenv('DB_USERNAME'),
	'password' => getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
	'database' => getenv('DB_DATABASE'),
	'dbdriver' => getenv('DB_DRIVER'),

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add my feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create a new Pull Request