# Environment variable CIRCLE\_PR\_NUMBER does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Environment\ **Tags:** envars, 2.0\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240 "2019-02-08T08:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![george-haddad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/george-haddad/32/21356_2.png) [@george-haddad](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/george-haddad)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/1 "2019-02-08T08:55:21Z")
I read the docs at [https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/env-vars/#setting-an-environment-variable-in-a-shell-command](https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/env-vars/#setting-an-environment-variable-in-a-shell-command) and I wanted to use the $CIRCLE\_PR\_NUMBER environment variable but it doesn’t seem to work. ``` test-env: machine: true working_directory: ~/repo steps: - run: name: 'Setup env variables' command: | echo 'export MY_PR_NUMBER="$CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER"' >> $BASH_ENV echo 'export MY_PR_NUMBER2=${CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST##*/}' >> $BASH_ENV echo 'export MY_PR="$CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST"' >> $BASH_ENV - run: name: 'What PR am I on?' command: echo $MY_PR - run: name: 'What is my PR number?' command: echo $MY_PR_NUMBER - run: name: 'What is my PR number2?' command: echo $MY_PR_NUMBER2 ``` The one for MY\_PR\_NUMBER does not output anything. I used a workaround from another [thread 2 years ago](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/pull-request-number/972) to get the PR number. Is this a bug? ---
**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/2 "2019-02-08T17:37:49Z")
Try echoing `$CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER` in your “What is my PR number” step. Maybe there is a problem with the var export. ---
**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/3 "2019-02-10T05:18:56Z")
Is this build a part of a forked PR? > The number of the associated GitHub or Bitbucket pull request. Only available on forked PRs. ---
**Author:** ![george-haddad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/george-haddad/32/21356_2.png) [@george-haddad](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/george-haddad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/4 "2019-02-10T22:02:19Z")
I’d have to say no, it’s just a regular PR. OK, let me re-think this, if I fork a repo and create a PR on that fork, is that when this env var will be present? ---
**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/5 "2019-02-16T16:54:28Z")
Yes, at least per the docs 🙂 Could we take a step back though, what are you trying to do with this number? There might be a different way to approach this that works for any scenario. ---
**Author:** ![george-haddad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/george-haddad/32/21356_2.png) [@george-haddad](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/george-haddad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/6 "2019-02-19T09:24:53Z")
Yeah so the use case I was doing was that for every Pull Request I have a netlify preview deployment which includes the PR number in the URL. In my CircleCi tests I am running a performance tests against this netlify deployed preview URL, so that is why I needed to get just the PR number so I could construct the preview URL. ---
**Author:** ![drazisil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/drazisil/32/24029_2.png) [@drazisil](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/drazisil)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/7 "2019-02-19T15:23:58Z")
Hi George, So, to clarify, are you all set, or are you still running into issues? ---
**Author:** ![george-haddad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/george-haddad/32/21356_2.png) [@george-haddad](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/george-haddad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/8 "2019-02-19T15:41:28Z")
No issues, I marked this thread as solved. ---
**Author:** ![drazisil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/drazisil/32/24029_2.png) [@drazisil](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/drazisil)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/9 "2019-02-19T15:45:30Z")
Awesome, was just checking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variable-circle-pr-number-does-not-work/28240/10 "2019-03-01T15:45:34Z")
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