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Update your deployment tools/workflow to run the ``dotenv:dump`` command after
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each deploy to improve the application performance.
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Store Environment Variables In Another File
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Storing Environment Variables In Other Files
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By default, the environment variables are stored in the ``.env`` file located
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at the root of your project. However, you can store them in another file by
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setting the ``SYMFONY_DOTENV_PATH`` environment variable to the path and
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filename of the file where the environment variables are stored. Symfony will
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then look for the environment variables in that file, but also in the local
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and environment-specific files (e.g. ``.*.local`` and
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``.*.<environment>.local``). You can find more information about this
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in the :ref:`dedicated section <configuration-multiple-env-files>`.
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Because this environment variable is used to find the files where you
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application environment variable are store, it must be defined at the
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system level (e.g. in your web server configuration) and not in the
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``.env`` files.
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at the root of your project. However, you can store them in other file by
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setting the ``SYMFONY_DOTENV_PATH`` environment variable to the absolute path of
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that custom file.
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Symfony will then look for the environment variables in that file, but also in
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the local and environment-specific files (e.g. ``.*.local`` and
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``.*.<environment>.local``). Read
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:ref:`how to override environment variables <configuration-multiple-env-files>`
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to learn more about this.
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.. caution::
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The ``SYMFONY_DOTENV_PATH`` environment variable must be defined at the
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system level (e.g. in your web server configuration) and not in any default
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or custom ``.env`` file.
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.. versionadded:: 7.1
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The support for the ``SYMFONY_DOTENV_PATH`` environment variable was
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introduced in Symfony 7.1.
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The ``SYMFONY_DOTENV_PATH`` environment variable was introduced in Symfony 7.1.
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.. _configuration-secrets:
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