The default application skeleton includes the ability to read ENV values from the .env file located at the root of the
project.
To install Dotenv extension in a non-default application skeleton:
composer require spiral/dotenv-bridge
Add the following bootloader to your application:
protected const SYSTEM = [
Spiral\DotEnv\Bootloader\DotenvBootloader::class,
//...
]
Note
Make sure to add the bootloader to the top of the list to alter Env.
The values from the .env the file will be copied to your env and available via Spiral\Boot\EnvironmentInterface
or the env function.
Note
This component overwrites system ENV values.
Remember that the values in .env will be pre-processed, the following changes will take place:
| Value | PHP Value |
|---|---|
| true | true, |
| (true) | true, |
| false | false, |
| (false) | false, |
| null | null, |
| (null) | null, |
| empty | '' |
Note
The quotes around strings will be stripped automatically.
By default, new values don't overwrite previously set ones. This behavior can be changed by setting the overwrite
parameter to true in the Spiral\Boot\Environment class:
use Spiral\Boot\Environment;
$app = App::create([...]);
$app->run(new Environment([
'APP_ENV' => 'production'
], overwrite: true));