Laravel 5.0 replaces its complex multi-file environment detection system with PHP dotenv, loading configuration from a single .env file. The post explains how to use the .env.example file as a template committed to source control, how environment detection now works via a simple APP_ENV variable, how to reference one variable inside another, and how to enforce required variables using Dotenv::required() to catch missing config early.
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Introducing PHP dotenvCustomizing the example fileReferencing previous variablesRequiring variablesConchl1 Impression