Class Configure

Configuration class. Used for managing runtime configuration information.

Provides features for reading and writing to the runtime configuration, as well as methods for loading additional configuration files or storing runtime configuration for future use.

Properties summary

Method Summary

  • _getEngine() protected static

    Get the configured engine. Internally used by Configure::load() and Configure::dump() Will create new PhpConfig for default if not configured yet.

  • check() public static
    Returns true if given variable is set in Configure.
  • clear() public static
    Clear all values stored in Configure.
  • config() public static

    Add a new engine to Configure. Engines allow you to read configuration files in various formats/storage locations. CakePHP comes with two built-in engines PhpConfig and IniConfig. You can also implement your own engine classes in your application.

  • configured() public static
    Gets the names of the configured Engine objects.
  • consume() public static
    Used to read and delete a variable from Configure.
  • consumeOrFail() public static

    Used to consume information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

  • delete() public static
    Used to delete a variable from Configure.
  • drop() public static

    Remove a configured engine. This will unset the engine and make any future attempts to use it cause an Exception.

  • dump() public static

    Dump data currently in Configure into $key. The serialization format is decided by the config engine attached as $config. For example, if the 'default' adapter is a PhpConfig, the generated file will be a PHP configuration file loadable by the PhpConfig.

  • load() public static

    Loads stored configuration information from a resource. You can add config file resource engines with Configure::config().

  • read() public static

    Used to read information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

  • readOrFail() public static

    Used to get information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

  • restore() public static

    Restores configuration data stored in the Cache into configure. Restored values will overwrite existing ones.

  • store() public static

    Used to write runtime configuration into Cache. Stored runtime configuration can be restored using Configure::restore(). These methods can be used to enable configuration managers frontends, or other GUI type interfaces for configuration.

  • version() public static
    Used to determine the current version of CakePHP.
  • write() public static
    Used to store a dynamic variable in Configure.

Method Detail

_getEngine()source protected static

_getEngine( string $config )

Get the configured engine. Internally used by Configure::load() and Configure::dump() Will create new PhpConfig for default if not configured yet.

Parameters

string $config
The name of the configured adapter

Returns

Cake\Core\Configure\ConfigEngineInterface|false
Engine instance or false

check()source public static

check( string $var )

Returns true if given variable is set in Configure.

Parameters

string $var
Variable name to check for

Returns

boolean
True if variable is there

clear()source public static

clear( )

Clear all values stored in Configure.

Returns

boolean
success.

config()source public static

config( string $name , Cake\Core\Configure\ConfigEngineInterface $engine )

Add a new engine to Configure. Engines allow you to read configuration files in various formats/storage locations. CakePHP comes with two built-in engines PhpConfig and IniConfig. You can also implement your own engine classes in your application.

To add a new engine to Configure:

Configure::config('ini', new IniConfig());

Parameters

string $name

The name of the engine being configured. This alias is used later to read values from a specific engine.

Cake\Core\Configure\ConfigEngineInterface $engine
The engine to append.

configured()source public static

configured( string|null $name = null )

Gets the names of the configured Engine objects.

Parameters

string|null $name optional null
Engine name.

Returns

array|boolean
Array of the configured Engine objects, bool for specific name.

consume()source public static

consume( string $var )

Used to read and delete a variable from Configure.

This is primarily used during bootstrapping to move configuration data out of configure into the various other classes in CakePHP.

Parameters

string $var
The key to read and remove.

Returns

array|string|null

consumeOrFail()source public static

consumeOrFail( string $var )

Used to consume information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

Acts as a wrapper around Configure::consume() and Configure::check(). The configure key/value pair consumed via this method is expected to exist. In case it does not an exception will be thrown.

Parameters

string $var
Variable to consume. Use '.' to access array elements.

Returns

mixed
Value stored in configure.

Throws

RuntimeException
if the requested configuration is not set.

Since

3.6.0

delete()source public static

delete( string $var )

Used to delete a variable from Configure.

Usage:

Configure::delete('Name'); will delete the entire Configure::Name
Configure::delete('Name.key'); will delete only the Configure::Name[key]

Parameters

string $var
the var to be deleted

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#deleting-configuration-data

drop()source public static

drop( string $name )

Remove a configured engine. This will unset the engine and make any future attempts to use it cause an Exception.

Parameters

string $name
Name of the engine to drop.

Returns

boolean
Success

dump()source public static

dump( string $key , string $config = 'default' , array $keys = [] )

Dump data currently in Configure into $key. The serialization format is decided by the config engine attached as $config. For example, if the 'default' adapter is a PhpConfig, the generated file will be a PHP configuration file loadable by the PhpConfig.

Usage

Given that the 'default' engine is an instance of PhpConfig. Save all data in Configure to the file my_config.php:

Configure::dump('my_config', 'default');

Save only the error handling configuration:

Configure::dump('error', 'default', ['Error', 'Exception'];

Parameters

string $key

The identifier to create in the config adapter. This could be a filename or a cache key depending on the adapter being used.

string $config optional 'default'
The name of the configured adapter to dump data with.
array $keys optional []

The name of the top-level keys you want to dump. This allows you save only some data stored in Configure.

Returns

boolean
Success

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if the adapter does not implement a dump method.

load()source public static

load( string $key , string $config = 'default' , boolean $merge = true )

Loads stored configuration information from a resource. You can add config file resource engines with Configure::config().

Loaded configuration information will be merged with the current runtime configuration. You can load configuration files from plugins by preceding the filename with the plugin name.

Configure::load('Users.user', 'default')

Would load the 'user' config file using the default config engine. You can load app config files by giving the name of the resource you want loaded.

Configure::load('setup', 'default');

If using default config and no engine has been configured for it yet, one will be automatically created using PhpConfig

Parameters

string $key
name of configuration resource to load.
string $config optional 'default'
Name of the configured engine to use to read the resource identified by $key.
boolean $merge optional true
if config files should be merged instead of simply overridden

Returns

boolean
False if file not found, true if load successful.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#reading-and-writing-configuration-files

read()source public static

read( string|null $var = null , mixed $default = null )

Used to read information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

Usage:

Configure::read('Name'); will return all values for Name
Configure::read('Name.key'); will return only the value of Configure::Name[key]

Parameters

string|null $var optional null
Variable to obtain. Use '.' to access array elements.
mixed $default optional null
The return value when the configure does not exist

Returns

mixed
Value stored in configure, or null.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#reading-configuration-data

readOrFail()source public static

readOrFail( string $var )

Used to get information stored in Configure. It's not possible to store null values in Configure.

Acts as a wrapper around Configure::read() and Configure::check(). The configure key/value pair fetched via this method is expected to exist. In case it does not an exception will be thrown.

Usage:

Configure::readOrFail('Name'); will return all values for Name
Configure::readOrFail('Name.key'); will return only the value of Configure::Name[key]

Parameters

string $var
Variable to obtain. Use '.' to access array elements.

Returns

mixed
Value stored in configure.

Throws

RuntimeException
if the requested configuration is not set.

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#reading-configuration-data

restore()source public static

restore( string $name , string $cacheConfig = 'default' )

Restores configuration data stored in the Cache into configure. Restored values will overwrite existing ones.

Parameters

string $name
Name of the stored config file to load.
string $cacheConfig optional 'default'
Name of the Cache configuration to read from.

Returns

boolean
Success.

store()source public static

store( string $name , string $cacheConfig = 'default' , array|null $data = null )

Used to write runtime configuration into Cache. Stored runtime configuration can be restored using Configure::restore(). These methods can be used to enable configuration managers frontends, or other GUI type interfaces for configuration.

Parameters

string $name
The storage name for the saved configuration.
string $cacheConfig optional 'default'
The cache configuration to save into. Defaults to 'default'
array|null $data optional null
Either an array of data to store, or leave empty to store all values.

Returns

boolean
Success

version()source public static

version( )

Used to determine the current version of CakePHP.

Usage

Configure::version();

Returns

string
Current version of CakePHP

write()source public static

write( string|array $config , mixed $value = null )

Used to store a dynamic variable in Configure.

Usage:

Configure::write('One.key1', 'value of the Configure::One[key1]');
Configure::write(['One.key1' => 'value of the Configure::One[key1]']);
Configure::write('One', [
    'key1' => 'value of the Configure::One[key1]',
    'key2' => 'value of the Configure::One[key2]'
]);

Configure::write([
    'One.key1' => 'value of the Configure::One[key1]',
    'One.key2' => 'value of the Configure::One[key2]'
]);

Parameters

string|array $config

The key to write, can be a dot notation value. Alternatively can be an array containing key(s) and value(s).

mixed $value optional null
Value to set for var

Returns

boolean
True if write was successful

Link

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#writing-configuration-data

Properties detail

$_enginessource

protected static Cake\Core\Configure\ConfigEngineInterface[]

Configured engine classes, used to load config files from resources

See

\Cake\Core\Configure::load()
[]

$_hasIniSetsource

protected static boolean|null

Flag to track whether or not ini_set exists.

$_valuessource

protected static array

Array of values currently stored in Configure.

[
    'debug' => false
]

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