Run on the command line

Transfer the name of the .env file to be used

In CodeIgniter, with the PPCI module, the .env file is loaded automatically, taking into account the contents of the $_SERVER[‘envPath’] variable, with this code:

if (is_file($file = $_SERVER["envPath"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . ".env") && is_readable($file)) {
    (new CodeIgniter\Config\DotEnv($_SERVER["envPath"],".env"))->load();

In a script, to transfer the value of envPath to the variable $_SERVER and enable the .env file to be loaded, you need to add the line :

export envPath="/var/www/instances/instancename"

Here’s an example of how it can be used, simply to display the contents of the $_SERVER[‘envPath’] variable:

PHP file:

<?php
echo $_SERVER["envPath"].PHP_EOL;

Script test.sh used to trigger it:

#!/bin/bash
export envPath=/var/www/instances/instancename
cd $envPath/public
php index.php myroute

where myroute corresponds to the route to be called.

Declare the route in app/Config/Routes.php (don’t forget the corresponding controller), then run the script:

./test.sh
/var/www/instances/instancename