PHP script runs in terminal, but doesn't run on the webpage

Asked Nov 12 '16 at 17:22

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I have a webpage: test.php. The contents of test.php are:

<?php
   echo getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY'); //get's the environment variable if a match
?>

When I navigate to the webpage, I always get a blank webpage. However if I run the script from the command line, it works as expected.

~> php test.php 
SG.**************************** #hidden because API key :D

asked Nov 12 '16 at 17:22

Govind Rai

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do you really get a blank page? or do you get the source code, hidden to the naked eye because it's in tags? – Franz Gleichmann Nov 12 '16 at 17:28
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How do you pass the environment variable from webserver to PHP? Show us the output for `var_dump(getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY'));` – Ruslan Osmanov Nov 12 '16 at 17:28
Look at the page source of the web page in your browser – RiggsFolly Nov 12 '16 at 17:28
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Or that environment variable is specific to the account you login on the terminal and not available system wide – RiggsFolly Nov 12 '16 at 17:32
The page source is empty. `var_dump()` shows Bool(false) which means it did not find my key...:( which means the variable is not being passed to PHP. But how is it working in Terminal? – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 17:33
@RiggsFolly that could be it, but how to make it available system wide? – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 17:33
anything from error reporting? http://php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php a blank page could mean errors somewhere. Check your logs also – Funk Forty Niner Nov 12 '16 at 17:34
Sorry not an OSX user, any OSX people out there – RiggsFolly Nov 12 '16 at 17:35
@Fred-ii- nothing new in my error logs. my php.ini is set to display all errors. – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 17:37
How are you using this file as, `http://localhost` or as `file:///` directly in your browser? Or is this on a hosted site? EDIT: I guess you're using localhost, seeing your comment up there on the var_dump. – Funk Forty Niner Nov 12 '16 at 17:39
@Fred-ii- it's a hosted site. – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 17:41
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If you have a php.ini file in affect, check that it has a variables_order directive and that the set value includes E. FYI, values are "EGPCS" which stand for Environment, Get, Post, Cookie, and Server – Duane Lortie Nov 12 '16 at 17:43
@DuaneLortie Thanks Duane. I never knew that! However, it's set to EGPCS. – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 17:46
darn. sorry then.. that was my only idea ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ – Duane Lortie Nov 12 '16 at 17:55
What url you are using in browser? And what is your test.php file path ? – Niklesh Raut Nov 12 '16 at 17:59
@Rishi www.yellowcabtrivalley.com/testforelmer.php; /home/raigovind93/public_html/testforelmer.php; note: no longer a blank page, because I am using `var_dump` as requested in 2nd comment. – Govind Rai Nov 12 '16 at 18:04
Check this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23915066 – Niklesh Raut Nov 12 '16 at 18:17

PHP script runs in terminal, but doesn't run on the webpage

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