Laravel - where to store site config data

Question

I have got option to disable/enable registration of users. Where should i store this data? What is the best practise?

I think, that store this little data in DB is not good solution.

Answer 1

Hope you know the concept of Environment Variables

In Laravel its stored in .env.php file

<?php

return [
    'user_registration'  => 'enable/disable'
];

?>

You can retrieve the value as

$_ENV['user_registration']

And manipulate the function accordingly. For ex. if enable then show the form else hide it from Views

Documentation:

http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/configuration#environment-configuration

Answer 2

In that case, you can just add this line inside your registration function

return redirect()->back();

So, that user will not be able to see registration page. and when you want to enable it again, you can comment the above line and you're good to go.