DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=localhost DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=my_local_db DB_USERNAME=my_local_username DB_PASSWORD=my_local_password

In a Laravel project, you might have a .env.dist.local file with the following contents:

DB_HOST=db DB_PORT=5432 DB_USER=myuser DB_PASSWORD=mypassword You can then create a .env.local file based on this template: