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Expand Up @@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ Access the value with ``getenv()`` in your code::
$dbUser = getenv('DB_USER');
// you can also use ``$_ENV`` or ``$_SERVER``

.. note::
The ``load()`` method never overwrites existing environment variables. Use the
``overload()`` method if you need to overwrite them::

// ...
$dotenv->overload(__DIR__.'/.env');

Symfony Dotenv never overwrites existing environment variables.
.. versionadded:: 4.2
The ``Dotenv::overload()`` method was introduced in Symfony 4.2.

You should never store a ``.env`` file in your code repository as it might
contain sensitive information; create a ``.env.dist`` file with sensible
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