I need to load a different .env file, named .env.test under certain conditions.
I attempted to do that through a middleware by adding
app()->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env.test');
Dotenv::create(base_path(), '.env.test')->overload();
to the bootstrap()
method of Kernel.php. I also tried to create a dedicated middleware for this and load it as the first one in the web middleware group. But either way, it is loading the standard .env file.
It works if I do it in the /bootstrap/app.php file but I really don't want to put it there.
I just figured it out: The default .env file is being loaded inside of the bootstrap()
method of LoadEnvironmentVariables.php.
To use the .env.test file I had to restructure my initial bootstrap()
method inside of the App/Http/Kernel.php file to look like this:
public function bootstrap()
{
app()->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env.test');
parent::bootstrap();
}
So the essential part was to move the parent::bootstrap()
call below the loadEnvironmentFrom()
call.