Codeception: Environment variables for yml files

[joshhornby]

Hey,

I already have a .env file that I am using, would it be possible to use this to also store some of the keys in the codeception yml files?

For example

config:
          WebDriver:
            url: <%= ENV['SELENIUM_URL'] %>
            browser: firefox
            host: <%= ENV['SELENIUM_HOST'] %>
            port: 80
            restart: true

Just wondering if anyone has a solution to this?

Thanks

[DavertMik]

’<%= ENV['SELENIUM_URL'] %>’

0.о Are you using erb template engine? I think not, thus such templates won't work :)
What you can do is to reconfigure WebDriver via Extension or Helper. Also there was some kind of solution at PhpTestClub

[akireikin]

It would be great if it was covered in the doc.

[pixelbrackets]

Sidenote for everybody else who came to this issue with a google search:

Enviroment variables are supported in multiple ways in Codeception by now: http://codeception.com/docs/06-ModulesAndHelpers#Dynamic-Configuration-With-Params

One of them is to read already set enviroment variables directly from $_ENV, eg. $_ENV['URL']. To do so the env parser needs to be activated:

_codeception.yml_

params:
    - env

Then wrap the desired enviroment variable in percentage signs:

_acceptance.suite.yml_

modules:
    enabled:
        - PhpBrowser:
            url: '%URL%'