mathiasgrimm/laravel-dot-env-gen

A Laravel 5 artisan command to generate a .env.gen file based on the existing project.

Laravel Dot Env Generator

A Laravel 5 command that generates a .env.gen file containing all environment variables defined in .env as well as any undefined variables that are being used throughout the project., _(*1)

Installation

Install the package using composer:, _(*2)

composer require mathiasgrimm/laravel-dot-env-gen:dev-master

Add the service provider:, _(*3)

// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    'MathiasGrimm\LaravelDotEnvGen\DotEnvGenServiceProvider',
    ...
],

Add .env.gen to your .gitignore, _(*4)

Configuration

You can control which directories are scanned by providing exclusion rules in the dotenvgen.php config file. For a fresh Laravel install, we suggest that all subdirectories inside vendor are ignored except for vendor/laravel., _(*5)

Publish the config file:, _(*6)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MathiasGrimm\LaravelDotEnvGen\DotEnvGenServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Example config:, _(*7)

// config/dotenvgen.php

'rules' => [
    // Ignores all files inside `vendor` except for those in `vendor/laravel`
    'vendor' => ['laravel'],

    // Ignores the `database/seeds` directory
    'database/seeds' => [],
],

Usage

From the command line, run php artisan env:gen., _(*8)

A .env.gen file will be generated in your project's root folder. Make any changes you may need, then rename the file to .env., _(*9)

Along with generating the .env.gen file, the command will notify you if a defined environment variable is unused as well as alert you if an undefined environment variable is being used., _(*10)

Screenshot

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