php - Missing the point: Laravel 5 environment setup -

so, application see 4 types of environments can run under:

1. local on machine
2. local on vm using homestead
3. staging
4. production

each environment differs in database connectivity (type of db, connectivity db credentials, etc).

in bootstrap/start.php have set this:

$env = $app->detectenvironment(array(     'local' => array('localhost'),     'localstaging' => array('mylocalstage.dev'),     'staging' => array('myapp-stage.com'),     'production' => array('myapp.com'), )); 

how enforce settings? set when i'm on 'local' use local settings? when use

php artisan env

on root application folder get:

current application environment: production

why isn't picking i'm 'local'?

after discussing issue in comments , in chat, conclusion use new .env approach have been introduced in laravel 5.

which means, should have .env file in root directory current environment's settings.

so local env, .env file have different settings production's env .env file.

as default should have .env.example file, in case don't have 1 - can copy default content git (.env.example@git).

please notice when you're updating (pushing) local version staging (for instance), don't overwrite .env file. in order prevent kind of issues can use git ignore (so skip file).