README.md
# Laravel 5.7 env() Polyfill
[](https://travis-ci.org/phpexpertsinc/Laravel57-env-polyfill)
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## Benefits
* Works with *any* package, even non-Laravel ones (it was my secondary reason)
* You no longer have to fear Laravel just going one day "Oops! We're not going to read from the environment anymore! Too bad!" on a non-major release.
## Backstory
With the introduction of Laravel 5.8, they broke the essential `env()` function
by changing it from reading from/writing to environment variables to only using
the global `$_SERVER` array, which is totally useless in console-based apps.
See
* https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/27462
* https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/27828
* https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/27949
Therefore, I took it upon myself to create this polyfill to ensure that the pre-5.8
behaviors remain intact.
Additionally, this is a great little utility function to use outside of Laravel-specic
projects that also want to use the `env()` function.
It is specially configured with a `0.0.1` composer vendor and a `AAutoloadFirst`
namespace, so that composer will always load it before it gets to Laravel.
See https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/6768
The source code is lifted directly from the last version of Laravel 5.7.
As you can imagine, most of the copyright in this project belongs to
Taylor Otwell, 2018.
It also includes 100% unit test code .
## Installation
Via Composer
```bash
composer require phpexperts/laravel-env-polyfill
```
## Usage
```php
putenv('foo=bar');
$foo = \env('foo'); // 'bar'
```
and
```php
if (in_array(SomeTrait::class, class_uses_recursive($this)) {
// The class or its child it's being called from uses SomeTrait.
}
```
# Use cases
PHPExperts\Laravel57EnvPolyfill\Tests\Env
✔ Env
✔ Env with quotes
✔ Env true
✔ Env false
✔ Env empty
✔ Env null
✔ Value
✔ Env will use default value if needed
✔ Will load vlucas/phpdot if a .env is present.
✔ Will not load vlucas/phpdotenv if a .env is not present.
## Testing
```bash
phpunit
```
# Contributors
[Theodore R. Smith](https://www.phpexperts.pro/]) <theodore@phpexperts.pro>
GPG Fingerprint: 4BF8 2613 1C34 87AC D28F 2AD8 EB24 A91D D612 5690
CEO: PHP Experts, Inc.
[Taylor Otwell](https://www.laravel.com/)
## License
MIT license. Please see the [license file](LICENSE) for more information.