Example, if my .env is
APP_ENV=local
APP_URL=http://localhost:8888/
APP_DEBUG=true
FACEBOOK_APP_ID = ABC
I know in Laravel we can do access our .env file by doing this
echo env('APP_ENV'); --> 'local'
echo env('APP_URL'); --> 'http://localhost:8888/'
but I wonder if there is a way to programmatically set it
Ex. env('APP_ENV') == 'production';
try this
$path = base_path('.env');
if (file_exists($path)) {
file_put_contents($path, str_replace(
'APP_KEY='.$this->laravel['config']['app.key'], 'APP_KEY='.$key, file_get_contents($path)
));
}
taken from here stack answer
This might help.
function setEnv($name, $value)
{
$path = base_path('.env');
if (file_exists($path)) {
file_put_contents($path, str_replace(
$name . '=' . env($name), $name . '=' . $value, file_get_contents($path)
));
}
}
setEnv('APP_ENV','abc');
You can use:
putenv("APP_ENV=production");
because env
is just a convenience wrapper around getenv
which does some type conversion.
Note: this is not permanent as it will be overwritten by .env
when the next request happens.