PHP and $_ENV

[Artur]

Hi,

 

I'm writing a workflow with PHP filter scripts and I'm trying to use $_ENV but it doesn't seem to work:

 

$supernova_cfg = parse_ini_file($_ENV["HOME"]."/.supernova", true);

 

this will work as expected when I run it form command line but it'll fail when executed by Alfred action. Am I doing something wrong ?

[jdfwarrior]

Instead of trying to read $_ENV I just always do $var = exec('printf $HOME');

Have you tried that?

[bigluck]

You can also use $_SERVER['HOME']

[Artur]

Both don't work.

[jdfwarrior]

I just checked this code on an random iMac in the Apple Store to make sure it wasn't something special I had done to get it work..

 

<?php

$var = exec('printf $HOME');
echo $var;

 

That DEFINITELY works. In your example if you put the printf $HOME portion in double quotes that will mess things up btw. By doing that, it will look at $HOME as a php variable instead of system variable. Take the code above and copy and paste it into a new php file and then run:

 

php -f <file>.php 

 

That will run the file from the command line. That should 100% work.

[Artur]

That works indeed. Thanks.