dotenv.md

Extensions - Dotenv

Default application skeleton includes the ability to read ENV values from .env file located in the root of the project.

Configuration

To install Dotenv extension in non-default application skeleton:

$ composer require spiral/dotenv-bridge

Add the following bootloader to your application:

    protected const LOAD = [
        Spiral\DotEnv\Bootloader\DotenvBootloader::class,
        
        //...
    ]

Make sure to add a bootloader at the top of the list to alter Env.

The values from the .env the file will be copied into your env and available via Spiral\Boot\EnvironmentInterface or env function.

Attention, this component overwrites system ENV values.

Pre-Processing

Please remember that values in .env will be pre-processed, following changes will occure:

Value	PHP Value
true	true,
(true)	true,
false	false,
(false)	false,
null	null,
(null)	null,
empty	''

The quotes around strings will be stripped automatically.