laravel: environment configuration

laravel_env

Create a .environment file in the root of your application and define your environment and gitignore it:

```
return array(

      'LARAVEL_ENV' => 'development',

      'POSTGRESQL.HOST' => 'localhost',
      'POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_NAME' => 'laraveldatabase',
      'POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_USER' => 'laraveluser',
      'POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_PASSWORD' => '!Bassw0rT',

);
``` 
 
Load it in Laravel right before `$app->detectEnvironment()`:

``` 
foreach(require __DIR__.'/../.environment' as $key => $value) 
{
    putenv(sprintf('%s=%s', $key, $value));
}
``` 

Then just use it everywhere:

```
 <?php

 return array(

      'connections' => array(

           'postgresql' => array(
                'driver'   => 'pgsql',
                'host'     => getenv('POSTGRESQL.HOST'),
                'database' => getenv('POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_NAME'),
                'username' => getenv('POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_USER'),
                'password' => getenv('POSTGRESQL.DATABASE_PASSWORD'),
                'charset'  => 'utf8',
                'prefix'   => '',
                'schema'   => 'public',
           ),

      ),

 );
```

Better than use it all in the .htaccess file, IMO.