Laravel 5 environment detection

Question

I'm trying to get environment detection to work, so that I can use the .env.local.php file and all the other goodies, but somehow I cannot get it to detect the right environment.

I have added bootstrap/environment.php

<?php

$env = $app->detectEnvironment(array(

    'local' => array('mylocalmachinename') 

));

But when I php artisan env, I always get production instead of local.

Anyone know what the problem is?

Are you sure, that the machine name is really the same? Does the case of letters match? — Mārtiņš Briedis, Nov 05 '14 at 12:04
possible duplicate of [What's the correct way to set ENV variables in Laravel 5?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26346299/whats-the-correct-way-to-set-env-variables-in-laravel-5) — Marcin Nabiałek, Nov 05 '14 at 12:06

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '14 at 12:05

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Environment detection has changed in Laravel5.

You now put a .env file in the project root

APP_ENV=local

Then on another computer - you might do

APP_ENV=staging

You can then add additional environmental items - i.e.

APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=SomeRandomString
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=homestead

answered Nov 05 '14 at 12:05

Laurence

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Laravel 5 is still under development. Its not even in Beta yet at the time of this post. Once it is ready, the docs will be updated – Laurence Nov 05 '14 at 12:46
Quick note about .env: This file is different for every environment and it is .gitignored by default. You should recreate it (or ftp it) in your production environment with the correct values! – igaster Nov 18 '14 at 11:03
@Laurence what is if else function to detect environment? – horse Feb 11 '17 at 12:58

Laravel 5 environment detection

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