This design allows developers to write environment-agnostic configuration files.
As a Laravel developer, you're likely familiar with the concept of environment variables. But have you ever stopped to think about how you're managing these variables in your application? If you're like many developers, you might be hardcoding sensitive information like database credentials or API keys directly into your code. But this is where the .env file comes in – a powerful tool for managing environment variables in Laravel. .env.laravel
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