How to set env with laravel artisan to have two different database connections (local/remote)?
Solution 1
Here, how I solved my question:
First I didn't need the command php artisan migrate --env=local
, I just need set on my virtualhost: SetEnv LARAVEL_ENV development
.
Second, as William Cahill-Manley say, I need to work on application/paths.php, the $environments. I've used it before but the wrong way. In my case, I solve with that:
$environments = array(
'development' => array('http://localhost/project*', '*project/*'),
'production' => array('http://project.com', 'http://*.project.com')
);
My problem was because my code before was like that:
$environments = array(
'development' => array('http://localhost/project*', '*project*'),
'production' => array('http://project.com', 'http://*.project.com')
);
And because the second element of development array, in the production server always will be in development.
Thats because the url on development be http://project/
and on production be http://project.com/
or http://user.project.com/
See, the project will force in all envonriments be development by the asterisk/wildcard.
Solution 2
"Foo" is whatever command you want to run. E.g. for migrations:
php artisan migrate --env=local
Another thing you can do is add your computers hostname to this array
For example, if my local computer name is 'Effinity.local' I could do
$environments = array(
'local' => array('http://localhost*', 'Effinity.local'),
);
Then you do not need to specify the environment, just:
php artisan migrate
Hope that helps.
Lucas Serafim
Brazilian currently living in Mexico. Full-stack PHP developer, working with PHP for the past 11 years. I am always learning new technologies and updating already known ones. In the past 5 years, I have been working remotely for several online businesses from Brazil. I have worked in a different range of sectors as a programmer; from business marketing to tourism and transport. Also, I'm always trying to help clients and co-worker, as much as learning what they too, have to teach.
Updated on July 15, 2020Comments
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Lucas Serafim almost 4 years
I looking for setup a multi-environment project using Laravel3 but I dont understand the command to set the environment.
I see here: http://laravel.com/docs/artisan/commands The command is:
php artisan foo --env=local
I already used artisan and bob with success, what I can't undertand the foo, I try to change to my project name but always the same output: "Sorry, I can't find that task."
If I try: php artisan --env=local
That will return: "You forgot to provide the task name."
Anybody can help? Thanks for your time.
[edit] With the answers now I can understand better and improve my question:
I have a project with those folders created: http://d.pr/i/5nZS With that in mind, I need to set my local env as development and production as production. So, I can do that with any variation of the command "php artisan --env=local" or I need to add on my public/.htaccess "SetEnv LARAVEL_ENV development"?
Thanks again.
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Lucas Serafim over 11 yearsSo, on my local I need set: "$ php artisan migrate --env=development" And on production server: "$ php artisan migrate --env=production" With that and my array like this: gist.github.com/4557659 And also with my config folders configured like that: d.pr/i/5nZS This will work? I tried but still seems not work, what I also tried is with "SetEnv LARAVEL_ENV development" what's almost working but I need a little more time to try again. Thanks for the answer.
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Lucas Serafim over 11 yearsYeah, thats what I imaginate before but with "php artisan foo --env=local" this will run the task just when the env is local, right? What I really need is set the whole project as a local or development and with that make my config folder (d.pr/i/5nZS) work and connect the correct database host.