How to access values from .env in Laravel 5.1 TestCase

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How to access values from .env in Laravel 5.1 TestCase

In Laravel 5.1 TestCase, the baseUrl is hardcoded. I would like to set it based on the value I set in the .env.

How do I access the .env variables in the TestCase class?

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testing laravel-5

Christopher raymond 01 jul. 15 at 21:28

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Run Dotenv

to get .env variables in TestCase step

public function createApplication()
{
    $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
    $app->make('Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel')->bootstrap();

    Dotenv::load(__DIR__.'/../');
    $this->baseUrl = env('APP_URL', $this->baseUrl);

    return $app;
}

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Thiago macedo 24 Aug 15 at 23:37

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in Laravel 5.0 TestCase

, I can get a .env variable with the following function.

getenv('APP_VARIABLE');

I think it should work with Laravel 5.1 and getenv()

is a PHP function.

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pinkal vansia 02 jul. At 7:05 am

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I can confirm that Christopher Raymond's suggestion above, replace

Dotenv::load call

from

this $app->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env.testing');

works with Laravel 5.4

See example:

protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';

/**
 * Creates the application.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
 */

public function createApplication()
{
    $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';

    $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();

    $app->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env');
    $this->baseUrl = env('APP_URL', $this->baseUrl);

    return $app;
}

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Lawrence dawson 14 Mar 17 at 10:52

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I have this in my .env file :

APP_URL=http://project.dev

Then I modified the createApplication function in tests /TestCase.php

/**
 * Creates the application.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
 */
public function createApplication()
{
    $this->baseUrl = env('APP_URL', $this->baseUrl);

    $app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';

    $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();

    return $app;
}

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zgosalvez 15 jul. '15 at 3:28

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It turned out that I needed to add the APP_URL key to the phpunit.xml file.

For some reason, I thought that the .env file would be loaded into this process as well, but apparently this is not the case.

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Christopher raymond Aug 14 15 at 21:29

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I changed the createApplication function in tests /TestCase.php adding these lines after bootstrap ...-> bootstrap ();

$env = new Dotenv\Dotenv(dirname(__DIR__), '../.env'); 
$env->load();

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Kamil Kiełczewski June 19 16 at 11:58

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Christopher raymond · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22T18:19:09+0000

In Laravel 5.2, I replaced the Dotenv :: load call with this ...

$app->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env.testing');

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