Published in Laravel 5

Laravel 5: Generating Paths Relative to the Configuration Directory With config_path

By John Koster

The config_path function can be used to retrieve the path the config directory. It can also be used to construct paths relative to the configuration directory by supplying a $path.

#Signature

The signature of the config_path function is:

1function config_path(

2    $path = ''

3);

#Example Use

The following examples will assume that the Laravel application is installed in the
/home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/ directory. The resulting path will appear above the function calls as a comment.

1// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/config/

2config_path();

3

4// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/config/database.php

5config_path('database.php');

6

7// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/config/app.php

8config_path('app.php');

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