ExpressionEngine® User Guide

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Config Service

Simple Example

This service will read items from a config file. By default all add-ons have a config directory located at ./config/ relative to their addon.setup.php file. To fetch items from your config simply do:

ee('Config')->get('my_addon:my_config.my_item');

Note

This does not replace ee()->config

Config Service Methods

class EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Factory
EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Factory::getDirectory($path)

Get a config directory

Parameters:
  • $path (string) – The path to the directory
Returns:

The directory

Return type:

Directory

EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Factory::getFile($name = 'config')

Get a config file

Parameters:
  • $name (string) – Config file name, optionally with a provider prefix
Returns:

The config file

Return type:

File

EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Factory::get($item, $default = NULL)

Get a config item

Parameters:
  • $name (string) – Config item name, optionally with a provider prefix
  • $default (mixed) – The value to return if $path can not be found
Returns:

The config item, or $default if it doesn’t exist

Return type:

Mixed

Directory Object Methods

class EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Directory
EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Directory::get($item, $default = NULL)

Get a config item from this directory

Parameters:
  • $default (mixed) – The value to return if $path can not be found
Returns:

The config item, or $default if it doesn’t exist

Return type:

Mixed

EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Directory::hasFile($filename)

Check if this directory contains the given config file

Returns:TRUE if it has the file, FALSE if not
Return type:Boolean
EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\Directory::getFile($filename = 'config')

Returns a ConfigFile class representing the config file

Parameters:
  • $filename (string) – Name of the file
Returns:

ConfigFile object

Return type:

File

File Objet Methods

class EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\File
EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\File::get($path, $default = NULL)

Get an item from the config, you can use “item.subitem.subsubitem” to drill down in the config

Parameters:
  • $path (string) – The config item to get
  • $default (mixed) – The value to return if $path can not be found
Returns:

The value found for $path, or $default if it doesn’t exist

Return type:

Mixed

EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\File::has($path)

Check if the file has a given item

Returns:TRUE if it has the item, FALSE if not
Return type:Boolean
EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\File::getBoolean($path, $default = FALSE)

Get a config item as a boolean

This is aware of some of EE’s conventions, so it will cast strings y and n to the correct boolean.

Parameters:
  • $path (string) – The config item to get
  • $default (bool) – The default value
Returns:

The value cast to bool

Return type:

Boolean

EllisLab\\ExpressionEngine\\Service\\Config\File::set($path, $value)

Set an item in the config. You can use ‘item.subitem.subsubitem’ to drill down in the config.

Parameters:
  • $path (string) – The config item to set
  • $value (mixed) – The value to set
Return type:

Void