From ef855c1175a0d38cfc30ae5d735f07b6c45f73dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:33:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak environment file settings.

---
 bootstrap/environment.php | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bootstrap/environment.php b/bootstrap/environment.php
index b676d2c05e0..7f08f5e2700 100644
--- a/bootstrap/environment.php
+++ b/bootstrap/environment.php
@@ -11,17 +11,14 @@
 |
 */
 
-try
+if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/.env'))
 {
 	Dotenv::load(__DIR__.'/../');
 
-	Dotenv::required('APP_ENV');
-}
-catch (RuntimeException $e)
-{
-	die('Application environment not configured.'.PHP_EOL);
+	//Dotenv::required('APP_ENV');
 }
 
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Detect The Application Environment
@@ -35,5 +32,5 @@
 
 $env = $app->detectEnvironment(function()
 {
-	return getenv('APP_ENV');
+	return getenv('APP_ENV') ?: 'production';
 });