Load a .env file with PHP

php environment-variables

PHP Snippet 1:

USER_NAME='jfBiswajit'

PHP Snippet 2:

<?php

require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

// Looing for .env at the root directory
$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
$dotenv->load();

// Retrive env variable
$userName = $_ENV['USER_NAME'];

echo $userName; //jfBiswajit