Encrypt secrets in PHP

Learn how to encrypt your first .env file using PHP and dotenvx.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you'll need to:

1. Install

Get the dotenvx cli.

curl -sfS https://dotenvx.sh | sh

2. Encrypt env file

Encrypt your .env file.

$ terminal

dotenvx encrypt

3. Inject secrets

Then inject your encrypted secrets at runtime with dotenvx run.

index.php

<?php

echo "Hello {$_SERVER['HELLO']}\n";

$ terminal

dotenvx run -- php index.php