From 2e6d71a6ab318134045bc6a087454fc1df314ed3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza-Ayed <hamzaayedflutter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 17:50:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Force override env variables and show env path

---
 backend/config.php            | 8 +++++++-
 backend/includes/Database.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/config.php b/backend/config.php
index 83df06a..51c3ae4 100644
--- a/backend/config.php
+++ b/backend/config.php
@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@ if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php')) {
     
     // Check inside current dir, parent dir, grandparent dir, or user root dir
     $envPaths = [__DIR__, dirname(__DIR__), dirname(dirname(__DIR__)), dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__)))];
+    $loadedEnvPath = 'none';
     foreach ($envPaths as $path) {
         if (file_exists($path . '/.env')) {
-            $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable($path);
+            $loadedEnvPath = $path . '/.env';
+            // Use createMutable to override any existing stuck environment variables
+            $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createMutable($path);
             $dotenv->safeLoad();
             break;
         }
     }
+    define('ENV_LOADED_PATH', $loadedEnvPath);
+} else {
+    define('ENV_LOADED_PATH', 'vendor/autoload.php missing');
 }
 
 // Database
diff --git a/backend/includes/Database.php b/backend/includes/Database.php
index 5c81dc3..269f378 100644
--- a/backend/includes/Database.php
+++ b/backend/includes/Database.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Database
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             error_log('Database connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
             http_response_code(500);
-            echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'database_error', 'details' => $e->getMessage(), 'db_host' => DB_HOST, 'db_user' => DB_USER]);
+            echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'database_error', 'details' => $e->getMessage(), 'db_host' => DB_HOST, 'db_user' => DB_USER, 'env_path' => defined('ENV_LOADED_PATH') ? ENV_LOADED_PATH : 'unknown']);
             exit;
         }
     }