Updating env files on openai:install

[ralphschindler]

This is more of a DX problem.

By the time I went to install openai, I had already renamed my .env to .env.local, additionally .env.example is already gone too.

Both of these situations lead to exceptions during openai:install:

file_get_contents(/app/.env): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory

file_get_contents(/app/.env.example): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory

[professorval]

Aren't you supposed to have an .env file before installing?

[ralphschindler]

If you are using Laravel in a docker environment, it is advisable to rename .env to .env.local to avoid docker (compose) using the file to inject/interpolate those variables at container startup time.

Laravel supports environment specific files via .env.{environment-name}.

https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/configuration#additional-environment-files

[iBotPeaches]

This now is captured as a graceful error instead of crashing in: b52db71

Closing as resolved.

[badrshs]

I encountered this issue as well. Resolving the error is straightforward, but I believe this is still a clear bug.

The package tries to read from .env.example, which might not exist—many developers rename it to .env and remove the .example file after starting a new project. This leads to the following error during installation:

PS C:\Users\myuser\Repos\my-laravel-project> php artisan openai:install
>>

   INFO  Installing OpenAI for Laravel.

  config/openai.php ......................................................................................... File created.

  .env ................................................................................................. Variables already exist.

   ErrorException

  file_get_contents(C:\Users\myuser\Repos\my-laravel-project\.env.example): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory

  at vendor\openai-php\laravel\src\Commands\InstallCommand.php:81
     77▕     }
     78▕
     79▕     private function addEnvKeys(string $envFile): void
     80▕     {
  ➜  81▕         $fileContent = file_get_contents(base_path($envFile));
     82▕
     83▕         if ($fileContent === false) {
     84▕             return;
     85▕         }

  1   vendor\openai-php\laravel\src\Commands\InstallCommand.php:81

  2   vendor\openai-php\laravel\src\Commands\InstallCommand.php:40
      OpenAI\Laravel\Commands\InstallCommand::addEnvKeys(".env.example")

PS C:\Users\myuser\Repos\my-laravel-project>

This is a standard Laravel installation (no Docker). It would be great if the package could check for the file's existence or fall back gracefully.