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I have a CakePHP 3.3.14 application where I've created 2 subdirectories, webroot/data/downloads/ and webroot/data/master

I want to put these paths in a custom configuration file and reference them in a Controller. But I can't see how to do this.

I've followed the documentation on Configuration but it's not very clear.

So what I've done:

  • Created config/my_config.php

  • The above file defines an array:

    return [ 'downloadsPath' => 'webroot/data/downloads/', 'masterPath' => 'webroot/data/master/' ];

  • In config/bootstrap.php I've put: Configure::load('my_config', 'default');

How do I then use this in a Controller? If I put Configure::read('my_config.masterPath'); it gives an error saying: Class 'App\Controller\Configure' not found

If I add use Cake\Core\Configure; to the top of my Controller, that clears the error but the return value is null:

debug(Configure::read('my_config.masterPath')); // null
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  • What exactly is unclear about this section that even contains examples? https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/configuration.html#loading-configuration-files – floriank Mar 28 '17 at 10:09
  • Well, if you reference what I've actually written above with what's written there, it is quite unclear as to where I'm going wrong in my opinion. That's why I've posted the question... – Andy Mar 28 '17 at 10:10
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    Your read call is simply wrong. `'my_config.masterPath'`no idea from where you've got the idea that you have to put the file name in front. `masterPath` should work. – floriank Mar 28 '17 at 10:13
  • The reason I was doing it like that is because the way I (mis)understood the documentation was that you had to tell it *which* config file the value was specified in. For example if you had 3 config files and they all had an array key `masterPath` that would surely present some problem? Thanks for the advice though, I can see the error of my ways.. – Andy Mar 28 '17 at 10:33

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Loading another config file just extends the default App.config. So just use \Cake\Core\Configure::read('masterPath') and you are good.

EDIT

If it is your goal to have different config paths you could do it like this:

// my_config.php
return [
    'MyConfig' => [
        'masterPath' => '...',
        ...
    ]
];

Then use the config like this:

<?= \Cake\Core\Configure::read('MyConfig.masterPath') ?>
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