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How should I store values with dollar signs ($)...(escaped, quoted)? #214

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timkelty opened this issue Sep 29, 2015 · 4 comments
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How should I store values with dollar signs ($)...(escaped, quoted)? #214

timkelty opened this issue Sep 29, 2015 · 4 comments

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@timkelty
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I have a .env file that is being parsed by both PHP and node Node implementations.

I'm asking here in the canonical repo, as this is more of a best practice question.

I have values that have literal dollar signs in them:

DB_PASS=DgaH$a43

Should I be quoting that, or escaping the dollar?
If I escape the dollar in my .env file, will I need to unescape it when i use it?

So I guess it boils down to - should I be escaping the dollar in my .env file, or when I get the value with PHP or Node or whatever?
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The Ruby implementation of dotenv follows follows bash as closely as possible, which means $ needs to be escaped unless it is in single quotes. These are all valid:

DB_PASS=DgaH\$a43
DB_PASS="DgaH\$a43"
DB_PASS='DgaH$a43'

The value in ruby will be unescaped.

@timkelty
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The value in ruby will be unescaped.

Thanks! That's what I was looking for.

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tasaif commented Dec 8, 2017

This isn't working for me. The name of the environment variable is picked up but its value is an empty string.

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tasaif commented Dec 8, 2017

nvm I was accidentally using dot_env? Why is this package allowed to exist?

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