Question
Undefined variable with Laravel app hosted in App Platform
- Posted on January 8, 2023
- DigitalOcean App PlatformDigitalOcean Managed MySQL DatabaseLaravel
Asked by Scott Metoyer
I’m attempting to deploy a Laravel 8 app that uses a managed MySQL database to App Platform but seeing this error during deployment:
2023-01-08T16:12:58.283405616Z [34m│[0m > Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
2023-01-08T16:12:58.365340624Z [34m│[0m > @php artisan package:discover --ansi
2023-01-08T16:13:01.437590868Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461467698Z [34m│[0m In Connection.php line 712:
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461502691Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461505582Z [34m│[0m Undefined variable $host (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables wher
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461507874Z [34m│[0m e table_schema = website and table_name = errors and table_type = 'BASE TAB
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461522132Z [34m│[0m LE')
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461527037Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.461529776Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.466120248Z [34m│[0m In MySqlConnector.php line 154:
2023-01-08T16:13:01.466140089Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.466143440Z [34m│[0m Undefined variable $host
2023-01-08T16:13:01.466146446Z [34m│[0m
2023-01-08T16:13:01.466150226Z [34m│[0m
I’ve added the database to the app which set the DATABASE_URL environment variable and configured the trusted source. The app runs fine locally and can connect to this database without issue.
Any idea what I’ve missed?
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Hi @scottmetoyer,
Can you please post the Environment Variables you’ve configured on your App Platform?
If unsure, you can follow this Doc on how to define them :
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/use-environment-variables/