Setup multiple environment for laravel 5

This article will explain you, how to setup Multiple Environment for Laravel 5 

When you install laravel 5 one .env file will be created during installation.

In this article I will setup two environment, local & production, check the below steps

1. Create two Environment files name as local & production.

• Create a file with the name of .local.env
• Create a file with the name of .production.env

2. Copy the .env file content and paste in .local.env and use APP_ENV=local because this file will be used for local Environment, which will look like

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APP_ENV=local

APP_DEBUG=true

APP_KEY=k0VP46ToSeg3pF8MHE4ZBNhZXc0uTr19



DB_HOST=localhost

DB_DATABASE=homestead

DB_USERNAME=homestead

DB_PASSWORD=secret



CACHE_DRIVER=file

QUEUE_DRIVER=sync



MAIL_DRIVER=smtp

MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io

MAIL_PORT=2525

MAIL_USERNAME=null

MAIL_PASSWORD=null

3. Copy the .env file content and paste in .production.env and use APP_ENV=production because this file will be used for production Environment, which will loook like

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APP_ENV=production

APP_DEBUG=true

APP_KEY=k0VP46ToSeg3pF8MHE4ZBNhZXc0uTr19



DB_HOST=localhost

DB_DATABASE=homestead

DB_USERNAME=homestead

DB_PASSWORD=secret



CACHE_DRIVER=file

QUEUE_DRIVER=sync



MAIL_DRIVER=smtp

MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io

MAIL_PORT=2525

MAIL_USERNAME=null

MAIL_PASSWORD=null

4. Remove all content from .env file. Use local for local Environment and production for production Environment

.env file for local Environment look like

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local

.env file for production Environment look like

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production

5. Create new php file and named it, environment.php, save it into this folder: app/bootstrap/environment.php and then paste the below code in this file.

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<?php

/*

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

| Detect The Application Environment

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

*/



$env = $app->detectEnvironment(function(){

$envPath = trim(__DIR__.'/../.env');

$setEnv = trim(file_get_contents($envPath));

 if (file_exists($envPath))

 {

  putenv("APP_ENV=$setEnv");

  if (getenv('APP_ENV') && file_exists(__DIR__.'/../.' .getenv('APP_ENV') .'.env')) {

   Dotenv::load(__DIR__ . '/../', '.' . getenv('APP_ENV') . '.env');

  } 

 }

});



?>

6. Include your environment.php file in bootstrap file. Paste it inside your bootstrap/app.php file.

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<?php



/*

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

| Load Environment File on Startup

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

|

| This will determine, which environment will be loaded for our application.

|

*/

require __DIR__.'/environment.php';



?>

7. After that you can check your environment using your terminal

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// Write local in .env file and then check the environment using below artisan command.

php artisan env

Current application environment: local

Change local as production and then use the below command from your terminal

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//  Write production in .env file and then check the environment using below artisan command

php artisan env

Current application environment: production

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