.. index:: single: Environment Variable Processors; env vars
:ref:`Using env vars to configure Symfony applications <config-env-vars>` is a common practice to make your applications truly dynamic.
The main issue of env vars is that their values can only be strings and your
application may need other data types (integer, boolean, etc.). Symfony solves
this problem with "env var processors", which transform the original contents of
the given environment variables. The following example uses the integer
processor to turn the value of the HTTP_PORT
env var into an integer:
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml framework: router: http_port: '%env(int:HTTP_PORT)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <framework:config> <framework:router http-port="%env(int:HTTP_PORT)%"/> </framework:config> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [ 'router' => [ 'http_port' => '%env(int:HTTP_PORT)%', ], ]);
Symfony provides the following env var processors:
env(string:FOO)
Casts
FOO
to a string:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(SECRET): 'some_secret' framework: secret: '%env(string:SECRET)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(SECRET)">some_secret</parameter> </parameters> <framework:config secret="%env(string:SECRET)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(SECRET)', 'some_secret'); $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [ 'secret' => '%env(string:SECRET)%', ]);
env(bool:FOO)
Casts
FOO
to a bool (true
values are'true'
,'on'
,'yes'
and all numbers except0
and0.0
; everything else isfalse
):.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE): 'true' framework: http_method_override: '%env(bool:HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE)">true</parameter> </parameters> <framework:config http-method-override="%env(bool:HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE)', 'true'); $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [ 'http_method_override' => '%env(bool:HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE)%', ]);
env(int:FOO)
- Casts
FOO
to an int. env(float:FOO)
- Casts
FOO
to a float. env(const:FOO)
Finds the const value named in
FOO
:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/security.yaml parameters: env(HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD): 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::METHOD_HEAD' security: access_control: - { path: '^/health-check$', methods: '%env(const:HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD)%' } .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/security.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:security="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security https://symfony.com/schema/dic/security/security-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD)">Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::METHOD_HEAD</parameter> </parameters> <security:config> <rule path="^/health-check$" methods="%env(const:HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD)%"/> </security:config> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/security.php $container->setParameter('env(HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD)', 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::METHOD_HEAD'); $container->loadFromExtension('security', [ 'access_control' => [ [ 'path' => '^/health-check$', 'methods' => '%env(const:HEALTH_CHECK_METHOD)%', ], ], ]);
env(base64:FOO)
- Decodes the content of
FOO
, which is a base64 encoded string. env(json:FOO)
Decodes the content of
FOO
, which is a JSON encoded string. It returns either an array ornull
:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(TRUSTED_HOSTS): '["10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.2"]' framework: trusted_hosts: '%env(json:TRUSTED_HOSTS)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(TRUSTED_HOSTS)">["10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.2"]</parameter> </parameters> <framework:config trusted-hosts="%env(json:TRUSTED_HOSTS)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(TRUSTED_HOSTS)', '["10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.2"]'); $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [ 'trusted_hosts' => '%env(json:TRUSTED_HOSTS)%', ]);
env(resolve:FOO)
If the content of
FOO
includes container parameters (with the syntax%parameter_name%
), it replaces the parameters by their values:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sentry.yaml parameters: env(HOST): '10.0.0.1' sentry_host: '%env(HOST)%' env(SENTRY_DSN): 'http://%sentry_host%/project' sentry: dsn: '%env(resolve:SENTRY_DSN)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/sentry.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(HOST)">10.0.0.1</parameter> <parameter key="sentry_host">%env(HOST)%</parameter> <parameter key="env(SENTRY_DSN)">http://%sentry_host%/project</parameter> </parameters> <sentry:config dsn="%env(resolve:SENTRY_DSN)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/sentry.php $container->setParameter('env(HOST)', '10.0.0.1'); $container->setParameter('sentry_host', '%env(HOST)%'); $container->setParameter('env(SENTRY_DSN)', 'http://%sentry_host%/project'); $container->loadFromExtension('sentry', [ 'dsn' => '%env(resolve:SENTRY_DSN)%', ]);
env(csv:FOO)
Decodes the content of
FOO
, which is a CSV-encoded string:parameters: env(TRUSTED_HOSTS): "10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2" framework: trusted_hosts: '%env(csv:TRUSTED_HOSTS)%'
env(file:FOO)
Returns the contents of a file whose path is the value of the
FOO
env var:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(AUTH_FILE): '../config/auth.json' google: auth: '%env(file:AUTH_FILE)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(AUTH_FILE)">../config/auth.json</parameter> </parameters> <google auth="%env(file:AUTH_FILE)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(AUTH_FILE)', '../config/auth.json'); $container->loadFromExtension('google', [ 'auth' => '%env(file:AUTH_FILE)%', ]);
env(require:FOO)
require()
the PHP file whose path is the value of theFOO
env var and return the value returned from it... configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(PHP_FILE): '../config/.runtime-evaluated.php' app: auth: '%env(require:PHP_FILE)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(PHP_FILE)">../config/.runtime-evaluated.php</parameter> </parameters> <app auth="%env(require:PHP_FILE)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(PHP_FILE)', '../config/.runtime-evaluated.php'); $container->loadFromExtension('app', [ 'auth' => '%env(require:AUTH_FILE)%', ]);
env(trim:FOO)
Trims the content of
FOO
env var, removing whitespaces from the beginning and end of the string. This is especially useful in combination with thefile
processor, as it'll remove newlines at the end of a file... configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/framework.yaml parameters: env(AUTH_FILE): '../config/auth.json' google: auth: '%env(trim:file:AUTH_FILE)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/framework.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(AUTH_FILE)">../config/auth.json</parameter> </parameters> <google auth="%env(trim:file:AUTH_FILE)%"/> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/framework.php $container->setParameter('env(AUTH_FILE)', '../config/auth.json'); $container->loadFromExtension('google', [ 'auth' => '%env(trim:file:AUTH_FILE)%', ]);
env(key:FOO:BAR)
Retrieves the value associated with the key
FOO
from the array whose contents are stored in theBAR
env var:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/services.yaml parameters: env(SECRETS_FILE): '/opt/application/.secrets.json' database_password: '%env(key:database_password:json:file:SECRETS_FILE)%' # if SECRETS_FILE contents are: {"database_password": "secret"} it returns "secret" .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/services.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <parameter key="env(SECRETS_FILE)">/opt/application/.secrets.json</parameter> <parameter key="database_password">%env(key:database_password:json:file:SECRETS_FILE)%</parameter> </parameters> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/services.php $container->setParameter('env(SECRETS_FILE)', '/opt/application/.secrets.json'); $container->setParameter('database_password', '%env(key:database_password:json:file:SECRETS_FILE)%');
env(default:fallback_param:BAR)
Retrieves the value of the parameter
fallback_param
when theBAR
env var is not available:.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/services.yaml parameters: # if PRIVATE_KEY is not a valid file path, the content of raw_key is returned private_key: '%env(default:raw_key:file:PRIVATE_KEY)%' raw_key: '%env(PRIVATE_KEY)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/services.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd"> <parameters> <!-- if PRIVATE_KEY is not a valid file path, the content of raw_key is returned --> <parameter key="private_key">%env(default:raw_key:file:PRIVATE_KEY)%</parameter> <parameter key="raw_key">%env(PRIVATE_KEY)%</parameter> </parameters> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/services.php // if PRIVATE_KEY is not a valid file path, the content of raw_key is returned $container->setParameter('private_key', '%env(default:raw_key:file:PRIVATE_KEY)%'); $container->setParameter('raw_key', '%env(PRIVATE_KEY)%');
When the fallback parameter is omitted (e.g.
env(default::API_KEY)
), the value returned isnull
.env(url:FOO)
Parses an absolute URL and returns its components as an associative array.
# .env MONGODB_URL="mongodb://db_user:[email protected]:27017/db_name"
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/mongodb.yaml mongo_db_bundle: clients: default: hosts: - { host: '%env(key:host:url:MONGODB_URL)%', port: '%env(key:port:url:MONGODB_URL)%' } username: '%env(key:user:url:MONGODB_URL)%' password: '%env(key:pass:url:MONGODB_URL)%' connections: default: database_name: '%env(key:path:url:MONGODB_URL)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/mongodb.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd"> <mongodb:config> <mongodb:client name="default" username="%env(key:user:url:MONGODB_URL)%" password="%env(key:pass:url:MONGODB_URL)%"> <mongodb:host host="%env(key:host:url:MONGODB_URL)%" port="%env(key:port:url:MONGODB_URL)%"/> </mongodb:client> <mongodb:connections name="default" database_name="%env(key:path:url:MONGODB_URL)%"/> </mongodb:config> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/mongodb.php $container->loadFromExtension('mongodb', [ 'clients' => [ 'default' => [ 'hosts' => [ [ 'host' => '%env(key:host:url:MONGODB_URL)%', 'port' => '%env(key:port:url:MONGODB_URL)%', ], ], 'username' => '%env(key:user:url:MONGODB_URL)%', 'password' => '%env(key:pass:url:MONGODB_URL)%', ], ], 'connections' => [ 'default' => [ 'database_name' => '%env(key:path:url:MONGODB_URL)%', ], ], ]);
Caution!
In order to ease extraction of the resource from the URL, the leading
/
is trimmed from thepath
component.env(query_string:FOO)
Parses the query string part of the given URL and returns its components as an associative array.
# .env MONGODB_URL="mongodb://db_user:[email protected]:27017/db_name?timeout=3000"
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/mongodb.yaml mongo_db_bundle: clients: default: # ... connectTimeoutMS: '%env(int:key:timeout:query_string:MONGODB_URL)%' .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/packages/mongodb.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd"> <mongodb:config> <mongodb:client name="default" connectTimeoutMS="%env(int:key:timeout:query_string:MONGODB_URL)%"/> </mongodb:config> </container> .. code-block:: php // config/packages/mongodb.php $container->loadFromExtension('mongodb', [ 'clients' => [ 'default' => [ // ... 'connectTimeoutMS' => '%env(int:key:timeout:query_string:MONGODB_URL)%', ], ], ]);
It is also possible to combine any number of processors:
parameters:
env(AUTH_FILE): "%kernel.project_dir%/config/auth.json"
google:
# 1. gets the value of the AUTH_FILE env var
# 2. replaces the values of any config param to get the config path
# 3. gets the content of the file stored in that path
# 4. JSON-decodes the content of the file and returns it
auth: '%env(json:file:resolve:AUTH_FILE)%'
It's also possible to add your own processors for environment variables. First, create a class that implements :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\EnvVarProcessorInterface`:
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\EnvVarProcessorInterface; class LowercasingEnvVarProcessor implements EnvVarProcessorInterface { public function getEnv($prefix, $name, \Closure $getEnv) { $env = $getEnv($name); return strtolower($env); } public static function getProvidedTypes() { return [ 'lowercase' => 'string', ]; } }
To enable the new processor in the app, register it as a service and
:doc:`tag it </service_container/tags>` with the container.env_var_processor
tag. If you're using the
:ref:`default services.yaml configuration <service-container-services-load-example>`,
this is already done for you, thanks to :ref:`autoconfiguration <services-autoconfigure>`.