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thesnackalicious/multidotenv
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Simple per-environment .env files for Laravel 5.

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multidotenv
===========

[](#multidotenv)

> Simple per-environment .env files for Laravel 5.

multidotenv is a package for Laravel 5 that provides functionality to load an additional environment-specific .env file.

How it works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

Laravel 5 uses the [dotenv](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv) package to load the `.env` file in the root directory. multidotenv extends Laravel 5 so that an additional `.env` file is loaded depending on the environment name.

For example, given a `.env` file containing:

```
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=my_project
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root

```

and a `.env.testing` file containing:

```
DB_DATABASE=my_project_testing

```

when running the command `php artisan migrate --env=testing` the loaded enviroment variables would be:

```
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=my_project_testing
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root

```

Note that this package will always load `'.env.' . $app->environment()` if it exists. This is normally what `APP_ENV` is set to but can be overridden when using artisan by passing the `--env` flag. If neither of these are true Laravel 5 will use `production` by default.

### What about HTTP requests?

[](#what-about-http-requests)

You can leverage the 'always loading' functionality mentioned above to load a per-environment `.env` file for HTTP requests too.

For example in your `.env` file set your `APP_ENV` variable to `foo`. Now even over HTTP requests the `.env.foo` file will be loaded if it exists.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add `thesnackalicious/multidotenv` to your `composer.json` file:

```
"require": {
  "thesnackalicious/multidotenv": "dev-master"
}

```

Use `composer` to install this package.

```
$ composer update

```

### Update Web Kernel and Console Kernal

[](#update-web-kernel-and-console-kernal)

Add a `bootrappers()` function to the `app/Http/Kernel.php` file and the `app/Console/Kernel.php` file:

```
/**
 * Get the bootstrap classes for the application.
 *
 * @return array
 */
protected function bootstrappers()
{
    $search = 'Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\DetectEnvironment';
    $replacement = 'TheSnackalicious\MultiDotEnv\DetectEnvironment';

    return array_map(function($v) use ($search, $replacement) {
        return $v == $search ? $replacement : $v;
    }, $this->bootstrappers);
}

```

###  Health Score

22

—

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

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