Hi All,
I have a question… can I name the .env file anything, or must it be .env for the production environment?
I’m thinking of a way to add multi-country support to the codebase, and my idea is to use a URL prefix (e.g., /ca/ for Canada, /eg/ for egypt, etc) to determine which .env file to use. My naming scheme would be something like .env.canada, .env.egypt, etc.
I already have a prototype working, and for Canada I’m setting $_SERVER[‘APP_ENV’] = ‘canada’. This causes the system to use the .env.canada file. All that works, I just need to know if using .env.canada will work for production. Is the any place within the codebase looking specifically for APP_ENV to be “production”? When I searched the codebase, I could not find any such checks. But I thought I’d just ask here among the seasoned who may have tried using a .env.something file in a production environment before.
Thanks!