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Editing bootstrap.php to customize Dotenv behaviour

I'm not satisfied by the Symfony Dotenv default behaviour, because I would like to have i.e. a .env.override which would override existing environment values.

So I would like to add the following code in config/bootstrap.php

$envLocal = dirname(__DIR__).'/.env.override';
if (file_exists($envLocal)) {
    (new Dotenv(false))->overload($envLocal);
}

Is it a problem to edit this file (config/bootstrap.php)? Can it be erased by future Symfony updates?

Solution

  • You can modify bootstrap.php to your heart's content.

    The file is created when you run create-project symfony/skeleton, but it's part of your application files (it's not a dependency), so it's your responsibility to maintain it, and use it as you see fit.

    Actually, if you upgraded your application to a version of Symfony that expected a different behaviour of bootstrap.php (or public/index.php, or (bin/console) you may need to update these files (among others).