Leaf MVC

# Env config

leaf MVC tries to maintain a working-out-of-the-box configuration as much as possible, so, for the most part, you don't have to configure anything.

Any configuration done in leaf MVC is not done for leaf MVC, but rather for your application. All config for your app is found in the .env file, found in your project root.

# .env

By default, it should look like this:

APP_NAME="My App"
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=base64:AUAyDriQD1kFdIbwTHlnCm2pYn+qxDBa55SFwB9PUzg=
APP_DOWN=false
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=test
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
# DB_CHARSET=utf8
# DB_COLLATION=utf8_unicode_ci
# DB_COLLATION=utf8_general_ci

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

PROD_SERVER=hello
PROD_PORT=22
PROD_USER=leaf

SERVER_NAME=LEAF_SERVER
SERVER_PORT=5500
SERVER_USER=
SERVER_PASSWORD=

APPLICATION_DIR=leaf
APPLICATION_PATH=leaf
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As you can see the settings are divided into 4 parts:

# App Config

This part entails general app information.

# Db Config

This section holds all your database connection variables:

  • DB_CONNECTION - DB type
  • DB_HOST - DB Hostname
  • DB_PORT - DB connection port
  • DB_DATABASE - Database to connect to
  • DB_USERNAME - Username for database
  • DB_PASSWORD - Password for db

These are the settings you would mostly be using in your apps

# Mail Config

These settings are related to emailing.

  • MAIL_DRIVER - Connection driver
  • MAIL_HOST - The email host to connect to
  • MAIL_PORT - Port to use
  • MAIL_USERNAME - Username
  • MAIL_PASSWORD - Password
  • MAIL_ENCRYPTION - Email Encryption

# Deployment Config

This section holds deployment config

# Using Environment Variables

Variables defined in the .env file can be used in your app by calling the env or getenv methods.

$app_name = env("APP_NAME");
$db_name = getenv("DB_DATABASE");
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