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zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill
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Enables the env() function for providing default environment values and retrieving a variable from $\_ENV.

v1.0.1(8y ago)02001[1 issues](https://github.com/zVPS/laravel-4-env-polyfill/issues)GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

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Laravel 4 Env Polyfill
----------------------

[](#laravel-4-env-polyfill)

Laravel 5 has a nice function `env()` which can assign a default variable if empty/null/blank.

Laravel 4 applications are generally missing this functionality and if not running on >= `PHP 7.0` can't use the ?? notation to keep `(isset($_ENV(thing))) ? $_ENV(thing) : default` short and sweet e.g `$_ENV(thing) ?? default`.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require zvps/laravel-4-env-polyfill

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Make sure to start using the detectEnvironment functionality inside `boostrap/start.php` so `.env.local.php` for example are available and selected correctly.

```
$env = $app->detectEnvironment(array(
  'local' => array('your-machine-name'),
));

```

Next setup .env files and a .env.example.php so required defaults are documented.

```
.env.local.php