Laravel Add Custom Configuration File Example

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you can easily create custom configuration file in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9, laravel 10 and laravel 11 version.

in this example, we will create google.php config file and set api key on there. then we will simply get value using config() helper. let's see example.

Example

now first add your new variable on env file as like bellow:

.env

...
  
GOOGLE_API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx

config/google.php

<?php
  
return [
    'api_token' => env('GOOGLE_API_TOKEN', 'your-some-default-value'),
];
  

Use it:

Route::get('helper', function(){
    $googleAPIToken = config('google.api_token');
      
    dd($googleAPIToken);
  
});

Output:

xxxxxxxx

now you can check your own.

i hope it can help you...