phplaravellaravel-5environment-variableslaravel-5.1

Update .env value via Laravel

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';
Solution

  • 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