Config

Type

Class

Namespace

craft\services

Inherits

craft\services\Config » yii\base\Component (opens new window) » yii\base\BaseObject (opens new window)

Implements

yii\base\Configurable (opens new window)

Since

3.0.0

The Config service provides APIs for retrieving the values of Craft’s config settings (opens new window), as well as the values of any plugins’ config settings.

An instance of the service is available via Craft::$app->config.

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Public Properties

Property	Description
appDefaultsDir	string (opens new window) – The path to the directory containing the default application config settings
behaviors (opens new window)	yii\base\Behavior (opens new window) – List of behaviors attached to this component.
configDir	string (opens new window) – The path to the config directory
db	craft\config\DbConfig – the DB config settings
dotEnvPath	string (opens new window)
env	string (opens new window), null (opens new window) – The environment ID Craft is currently running in.
general	craft\config\GeneralConfig – the general config settings

appDefaultsDir

Type

string (opens new window)

Default value

''

The path to the directory containing the default application config settings

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configDir

Type

string (opens new window)

Default value

''

The path to the config directory

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db

Type

craft\config\DbConfig

Default value

null

the DB config settings

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dotEnvPath

Type

string (opens new window)

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

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env

Type

string (opens new window), null (opens new window)

Default value

null

The environment ID Craft is currently running in.

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Example

• PHP
• Twig

$env = Craft::$app->config->env;

general

Type

craft\config\GeneralConfig

Default value

null

the general config settings

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Public Methods

Method	Description
__call() (opens new window)	Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone() (opens new window)	This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.
__construct() (opens new window)	Constructor.
__get() (opens new window)	Returns the value of a component property.
__isset() (opens new window)	Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set() (opens new window)	Sets the value of a component property.
__unset() (opens new window)	Sets a component property to be null.
attachBehavior() (opens new window)	Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors() (opens new window)	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
behaviors() (opens new window)	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canGetProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
className() (opens new window)	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
detachBehavior() (opens new window)	Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors() (opens new window)	Detaches all behaviors from the component.
ensureBehaviors() (opens new window)	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() (opens new window) are attached to this component.
getBehavior() (opens new window)	Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors() (opens new window)	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getConfigFilePath()	Returns the path to a config file.
getConfigFromFile()	Loads a config file from the config/ folder, checks if it's a multi-environment config, and returns the values.
getConfigSettings()	Returns all of the config settings for a given category.
getDb()	Returns the DB config settings.
getDotEnvPath()	Returns the path to the .env file (regardless of whether it exists).
getGeneral()	Returns the general config settings.
hasEventHandlers() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.
init() (opens new window)	Initializes the object.
off() (opens new window)	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
on() (opens new window)	Attaches an event handler to an event.
setBooleanDotEnvVar()	Sets a boolean environment variable value in the project's .env file.
setDotEnvVar()	Sets an environment variable value in the project's .env file.
trigger() (opens new window)	Triggers an event.

getConfigFilePath()

Returns the path to a config file.

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Arguments

• $filename (string (opens new window)) – The filename (sans .php extension)

Returns

string (opens new window)

getConfigFromFile()

Loads a config file from the config/ folder, checks if it's a multi-environment config, and returns the values.

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Arguments

• $filename

Returns

array (opens new window)

Example

• PHP

// get the values defined in config/foo.php
$settings = Craft::$app->config->getConfigFromFile('foo');

getConfigSettings()

Returns all of the config settings for a given category.

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Arguments

• $category (string (opens new window)) – The config category

Returns

yii\base\BaseObject (opens new window) – The config settings

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidArgumentException (opens new window)
  if $category is invalid
• yii\base\InvalidConfigException (opens new window)
  if the securityKey general config setting is not set, and a auto-generated one could not be saved

getDb()

Returns the DB config settings.

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Returns

craft\config\DbConfig

Example

• PHP
• Twig

$username = Craft::$app->config->db->username;

getDotEnvPath()

Returns the path to the .env file (regardless of whether it exists).

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Returns

string (opens new window)

getGeneral()

Returns the general config settings.

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Returns

craft\config\GeneralConfig

Example

• PHP
• Twig

$logoutPath = Craft::$app->config->general->logoutPath;

setBooleanDotEnvVar()

Since

3.7.24

Sets a boolean environment variable value in the project's .env file.

If the environment variable is already set to a boolean-esque value, its counterpart will be used. For example, if true is passed and the current value is no, the variable will be set to yes.

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Arguments

• $name (string (opens new window)) – The environment variable name
• $value (boolean (opens new window)) – The environment variable value

Throws

• yii\base\Exception (opens new window)
  if the .env file doesn't exist

setDotEnvVar()

Sets an environment variable value in the project's .env file.

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Arguments

• $name (string (opens new window)) – The environment variable name
• $value (string (opens new window)) – The environment variable value

Throws

• yii\base\Exception (opens new window)
  if the .env file doesn't exist

Constants

Constant	Description
CATEGORY_DB
CATEGORY_GENERAL