BIG REFACTORING using composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project

load.environment.php

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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is included very early. See autoload.files in composer.json and
+ * https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#files
+ */
+
+use Dotenv\Dotenv;
+use Dotenv\Exception\InvalidPathException;
+
+/**
+ * Load any .env file. See /.env.example.
+ */
+$dotenv = new Dotenv(__DIR__);
+try {
+  $dotenv->load();
+}
+catch (InvalidPathException $e) {
+  // Do nothing. Production environments rarely use .env files.
+}