How to set environment variable in MAMP?

Question

How to set environment variable in MAMP(version 3.3) which can i use in my PHP application?

I have updated /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/envvars_ and envvars-std_ file and add following lines:

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# This file is generated from envvars-std.in
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if test "x$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" != "x" ; then
  DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/Applications/MAMP/Library/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
else
  DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/Applications/MAMP/Library/lib"
fi
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

MY_TEST_DETAIL="foo"
export MY_TEST_DETAIL

#

I have looked into phpinfo() and not able to find MY_TEST_DETAIL.

Can anyone please tell me what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

found the solution. In /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf added following:

SetEnv MY_TEST_DETAIL foo

Answer 2

At least for MAMP PRO (version 3.5) from the menu you could find and edit your apache httpd.conf file.

File -> Edit Template -> Apache -> httpd.conf

...you could add something like this:

SetEnv ENVIRONMENT development

And then in PHP you can get the environmental variable like so:

$env = getenv('ENVIRONMENT');

if($env == "development") {
   $db_host = "localhost";
}

Just be mindful that if/when you update or upgrade MAMP it'll likely overwrite this httpd.conf file with a newer verion.

Answer 3

# This file is generated from envvars-std.in

I am not sure but maybe you haven't changed the good file.