.env.laravel [new] ⭐ Extended

The .env File in Laravel Architecture Target Audience: Developers, DevOps Engineers, System Administrators Version: Laravel 8.x - 11.x

: On the far-off shores of the Live Server, he manually inscribed a .env with the strongest passwords, ensuring it was never committed to the common library. The Moral of the Story .env.laravel

Some teams and deployment tools (e.g., Forge, Envoyer) refer to the file as .env.laravel to distinguish it from environment files of other services (e.g., .env.docker ). This is not a Laravel requirement but a naming convention. During deployment scripts, they might rename .env.laravel.production to .env at deploy time. The framework itself only looks for .env by default, though this can be customized by modifying the bootstrap/app.php file or using the --env flag in Artisan commands. During deployment scripts, they might rename