GeoSot / Laravel-EnvEditor by geo.sotis@gmail.com

A laravel Package that supports .Env File, editing and backup

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Maintainer Username:	geo.sotis@gmail.com
Maintainer Contact:	geo.sotis@gmail.com (Geo Sot)
Package Create Date:	2018-10-24
Package Last Update:	2026-01-06
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Language:	PHP
License:	MIT
Last Refreshed:	2026-01-08 15:00:02

Package Statistics
Total Downloads:	77,455
Monthly Downloads:	4,096
Daily Downloads:	233
Total Stars:	85
Total Watchers:	3
Total Forks:	15
Total Open Issues:	3

Laravel .env Editor (plus GUI)

This Package allows to manage Laravel .env file values on the Fly (add, edit, delete keys), upload another .env or create backups Management can be done through the user interface, or programmatically by using the EnvEditor Facade, without breaking the files structure. The inspiration for this package was, Brotzka/laravel-dotenv-editor.

Installation:

Install package

composer require geo-sot/laravel-env-editor

Publish assets

php artisan vendor:publish --provider=GeoSot\EnvEditor\ServiceProvider

This will publish all files:

config -> env-editor.php
views -> resources/views/vendor/env-editor/..
lang -> resources/lang/vendor/env-editor.php

Or publish specific tags

 //Publish specific tag
 php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config
 php artisan vendor:publish --tag=translations
 php artisan vendor:publish --tag=views

 //Publish specific Tag from this Vendor
 php artisan vendor:publish --provider=GeoSot\EnvEditor\ServiceProvider --tag=config

Available Methods:

getEnvFileContent

keyExists

getKey

addKey

editKey

deleteKey

getAllBackUps

upload

backUpCurrent

getFilePath

deleteBackup

restoreBackUp

  
 EnvEditor::getEnvFileContent($fileName='') 
 // Return The .env Data as Collection.
 // If FileName Is provided it searches inside backups Directory and returns these results

 EnvEditor::keyExists($key)
 // Search key existance in .env
 
 EnvEditor::getKey(string $key, $default = null)    
 // Get key value from .env,

  EnvEditor::addKey($key, $value, array $options = [])
  // Adds new Key in .env file
  // As options can pass ['index'=>'someNumericIndex'] in order to place the new key after an other and not in the end,
  // or ['group'=>'MAIL/APP etc'] to place the new key oat the end of the group 

  EnvEditor::editKey($key, $value)
  // Edits existing key value

  EnvEditor::deleteKey($key)    

  EnvEditor::getAllBackUps()
  // Returns all Backup files as collection with some info like, created_date, content etc.

  EnvEditor::upload(UploadedFile $uploadedFile, $replaceCurrentEnv)
  // Gets an UploadedFile and stores it as backup or as current .env

  EnvEditor::backUpCurrent()
  // Backups current .env

  EnvEditor::getFilePath($fileName = '')
  // Returns the full path of a backup file. 
  // If $fileName is empty returns the full path of the .env file

  EnvEditor::deleteBackup($fileName)
  

  EnvEditor::restoreBackUp()