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: Configuration is defined as simple KEY=VALUE pairs.

Laravel uses the DotEnv PHP library under the hood to load these variables into the $_ENV and $_SERVER superglobals, which are then accessible via the env() helper function. Why Use Environment Variables? .env.laravel

- name: Create .env.laravel from secrets run: | echo "APP_NAME=$ secrets.APP_NAME " >> .env.laravel echo "APP_ENV=production" >> .env.laravel echo "APP_KEY=$ secrets.APP_KEY " >> .env.laravel echo "DB_PASSWORD=$ secrets.DB_PASSWORD " >> .env.laravel # ... and so on - name: Run Laravel commands run: | php artisan config:cache php artisan migrate --force : Configuration is defined as simple KEY=VALUE pairs

MAIL_MAILER=smtp MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io MAIL_PORT=2525 MAIL_USERNAME=null MAIL_PASSWORD=null MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null .env.laravel echo "APP_ENV=production" &gt