How do you call your enviroment variables set in application manager using cpanel and PHP

Question

So I created a test app using Application Manager. Inside of my application path how would I call my pre set variables using PHP.

Also I would like to note I am using linux godaddy shared hosting.

additional info:
I am just trying to have somewhat "secure" environment variables and am not familiar with what the "best practice" is. In a local environment if I was using nodejs I understand how to use dotenv.

Also,
I was reading this cpanel documentation but I cant find how I call the vairables using php from my Application path.
https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/software/application-manager/82/

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Application Name:
test_app

Deployment Domain:
mytestsite.com

Base Application URL:
mytestsite.com/

Application Path:
home/mytest-folder

Environment Variables:
test_var = test

Using PHP inside of home/mytest-folder how would I call or be able to get the value of my variable test_var.

Answer 1

You should be able to get the environment variable using any of the following:

// this should work if `variables_order` includes the 'E' option
$variable = $_ENV['test_var'] ?? null;
// if not `variables_order` includes the 'E' option
// then this should work and it will also populate the '$_ENV' array with the requested variable
$variable = getenv('test_var');
// could be used as a fallback
$variable = $_SERVER['test_var'] ?? null;

Reference:

• $_ENV
• $_SERVER
• getenv()