Where is the .env file stored for php

Question

In some laravel the .env-file is heavily used to store the application configuration values. I am currently playing with a legacy project of mine and in a cronjob I am developing, I planned on testing out using .env to store information.

Question is: is there a "simple" way to use this .env file?

Is there even a `.env` file for PHP? If you want to use one I guess you'd need to use the `dotEnv` package or similar — brombeer, Aug 07 '19 at 10:26
@brombeer - if you could write this as an answer, I will mark it as correct. — Trond, Nov 17 '22 at 12:03

Trond · Answer 1 · 2022-11-17T12:21:06.020

Thanks to feedback from those who commented I ended up using the dotEnv package. This worked smoothly.

The package can be found here:

https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv

Here are some links related to using environment variables in PHP:

https://blog.doppler.com/configuring-php-applications-using-environment-variables https://www.twilio.com/blog/working-with-environment-variables-in-php https://mediatemple.net/community/products/grid/204643130/using-environment-variables-in-php

From the PHP manual

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.putenv.php

Where is the .env file stored for php

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