How do I access values from .env in Laravel 5.1 TestCase

Question

In Laravel 5.1 TestCase, the baseUrl is hard-coded. I'd like to set it based on the value I have set in .env.

How do I access the .env variables within the TestCase class?

Answer 1

in Laravel 5.0 TestCase, I can get .env variable with following function.

getenv('APP_VARIABLE');

I think it should work with Laravel 5.1 as well as getenv() is a PHP function.

Answer 2

Start Dotenv to get .env variables in the TestCase stage

public function createApplication()
{
    $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
    $app->make('Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel')->bootstrap();

    Dotenv::load(__DIR__.'/../');
    $this->baseUrl = env('APP_URL', $this->baseUrl);

    return $app;
}