Is there a way to read variables from the local .env file ?

[HassanZahirnia]

I'd rather not have my host configurations such as host name, port, username, paths, etc... in the deploy.php and I prefer having them in a config file that is gitignored.
I wonder if there is a way to read variables from a .env file ?

[antonmedv]

Yes, via Dotenv.

[HassanZahirnia]

Can you please provide an example? I could not get it working. I keep getting Class "Dotenv\Dotenv" not found error

[beyto1974]

Hi,

This happens when you install deployer.org using the binary or globally.

In the deployer folder run:

composer require deployer/deployer
composer require vlucas/phpdotenv

Example code:

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$dotenv = \Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
$dotenv->safeLoad();

set('slack_webhook', getenv('SLACK_WEBHOOK'));
set('slack_channel', '#dev');
set('slack_title', 'Deployment');
set('slack_success_text', 'Deploy successful');
set('slack_failure_text', 'Deploy failed');

This works, but I couldn't get it working with optional variables:

if(getenv('SLACK_WEBHOOK')){
   set('slack_webhook', getenv('SLACK_WEBHOOK'));
   // ...
}

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