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[Database & ORM](/categories/database) 4. / 5. itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Database & ORM](/categories/database) itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser ====================================== Parse Heroku config vars like DATABASE\_URL or REDIS\_URL to work with Laravel. v1.1(8y ago)229.4k1MITPHPPHP >=5.6.4 Since Mar 1Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/damiencriado/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[ RSS](/packages/itsdamien-laravel-heroku-config-parser/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (3)Versions (5)Used By (0) Laravel Heroku Config Parser ---------------------------- [](#laravel-heroku-config-parser) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/325efe3ea11c3bb909718ac6de81e57507ecd2030c909ba003bf0e46c0c16863/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f69747364616d69656e2f6c61726176656c2d6865726f6b752d636f6e6669672d7061727365722f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b8ecf97cc80fa1f3010c8d1b8ab61ba82ce7df046a79b53bc19166349c34df48/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f69747364616d69656e2f6c61726176656c2d6865726f6b752d636f6e6669672d7061727365722f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9765f9455f995b05eb704a2bc77558b66f96cf2bbac5028bdfe90d47fb888c1a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f69747364616d69656e2f6c61726176656c2d6865726f6b752d636f6e6669672d7061727365722f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/591e2f410810ad7f8c4d3aa247969e6629f3664c46f870aaed33df3c2bf86fd0/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f69747344616d69656e2f6c61726176656c2d6865726f6b752d636f6e6669672d7061727365722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/itsDamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser)[![Maintainability](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ffb52c79b998b160c0918a5e2664bb07cf0895228dab9687327b07a53ae7a313/68747470733a2f2f6170692e636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f76312f6261646765732f61383831663665323434336239393731353039662f6d61696e7461696e6162696c697479)](https://codeclimate.com/github/itsDamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser/maintainability)[![Test Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e4657d4269eaf239397917e4ddf40671e37d1a72711e9f27de2d6bc648ee4a9c/68747470733a2f2f6170692e636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f76312f6261646765732f61383831663665323434336239393731353039662f746573745f636f766572616765)](https://codeclimate.com/github/itsDamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser/test_coverage)[![StyleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/959dd335ceddc6bbfac207d4099b24356752f237c12189dff37133588ebbd24c/68747470733a2f2f7374796c6563692e696f2f7265706f732f38333431343034302f736869656c643f6272616e63683d6d6173746572267374796c653d666c6174)](https://styleci.io/repos/83414040) Parse Heroku config vars like `DATABASE_URL` or `REDIS_URL` to work with Laravel. Important --------- [](#important) Due to a breaking change in Laravel 5.8 (thanks for the feedback), you can use this method to achieve the same goal: [\#2 (comment)](https://github.com/damiencriado/laravel-heroku-config-parser/issues/2#issuecomment-469709141) ### Breaking change: [](#breaking-change) [laravel/framework#27695](https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/27695) [laravel/docs#5039](https://github.com/laravel/docs/pull/5039) Why --- [](#why) When adding a database or a redis server to your Heroku app, Heroku add a URL config var like this: `DATABASE_URL=postgres://usr:pwd@localhost:5432/hellodb` Unfortunately, Laravel can't read this var, so you probably parsed it manually like this: ``` heroku config:set DB_CONNECTION=pgsql heroku config:set DB_HOST=localhost heroku config:set DB_PORT=5432 heroku config:set DB_DATABASE=hellodb heroku config:set DB_USERNAME=usr heroku config:set DB_PASSWORD=pwd ``` **Laravel Heroku Config Parser** parse automatically your `DATABASE_URL` and `REDIS_URL` to dynamically set all vars needed by Laravel [(see the list)](#list-of-injected-config-var). Installation ------------ [](#installation) Installation using composer: ``` composer require itsdamien/laravel-heroku-config-parser ``` ### Heroku [](#heroku) Add these config vars: ``` heroku config:set KEY_DATABASE=DATABASE_URL heroku config:set KEY_REDIS=REDIS_URL ``` ### Laravel [](#laravel) Add this block code to the top of your `config/database.php`: ``` if (class_exists('\ItsDamien\Heroku\Config\Parse')) { new \ItsDamien\Heroku\Config\Parse(); } ``` **Enjoy !** ENV vars created ---------------- [](#env-vars-created) DATABASE\_URLpostgres://usr:pwd@ec2-s1:5432/db1mysql://usr:pwd@ec2-s2:3306/db2DB\_CONNECTIONpgsqlmysqlDB\_HOST ec2-s1 ec2-s2 DB\_PORT 5432 3306 DB\_DATABASEdb1db2DB\_USERNAMEusrusrDB\_PASSWORD pwd pwd REDIS\_URLredis://h:pwd@ec2-s1:11469REDIS\_HOSTec2-s1REDIS\_PORT11469REDIS\_PASSWORDpwdCustomize the config var who will be parsed ------------------------------------------- [](#customize-the-config-var-who-will-be-parsed) You can select wich config var will be parsed by setting `KEY_DATABASE` and `KEY_REDIS` like this: ``` heroku config:set KEY_DATABASE=HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_BRONZE heroku config:set KEY_REDIS=REDIS_URL_BACKUP ``` License ------- [](#license) **Laravel Heroku Config Parser** is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 68% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity24 Limited adoption so far Community5 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 Established project with proven stability How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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