Why exporting env var in bash script does not affect env?

Question

I want to set env variable in shell script. Shell script content is:

#!/bin/bash
export XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=PHPSTORM"

I tried both bash bin/enable_debug and bin/enable_debug. After both command I get:

$ echo $XDEBUG_CONFIG

$

However if I run export XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=PHPSTORM" directly in cli it works. What's wrong with my method?

You need to [source](https://ss64.com/bash/source.html) your bash script for it to keep having an effect in the current shell — Aserre, Dec 05 '19 at 10:54
Here is a cross site duplicate if you want to durably set up environment variables : https://askubuntu.com/questions/58814/how-do-i-add-environment-variables — Aserre, Dec 05 '19 at 10:55
Does this answer your question? [Defining a variable with or without export](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1158091/defining-a-variable-with-or-without-export) — Rorschach, Dec 05 '19 at 10:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '19 at 10:58

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You can try running your script as below:

. bin/enable_debug

OR

source bin/enable_debug

as indicated by @Aserre

answered Dec 05 '19 at 10:58

Naveen Hiremath

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