directives unless we set them here first. putenv('APP_ENV=testing'); $_ENV['APP_ENV'] = 'testing'; $_SERVER['APP_ENV'] = 'testing'; putenv('DB_CONNECTION=sqlite'); $_ENV['DB_CONNECTION'] = 'sqlite'; $_SERVER['DB_CONNECTION'] = 'sqlite'; putenv('DB_DATABASE=:memory:'); $_ENV['DB_DATABASE'] = ':memory:'; $_SERVER['DB_DATABASE'] = ':memory:'; require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';