App::environment PHP Method

    public static function environment()
    {
        return 'local';
    }

 /**
  * Handle a login request to the application.
  *
  * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
  *
  * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
  */
 public function postLogin(\Illuminate\Http\Request $request)
 {
     if (\App::environment('local')) {
         $this->validate($request, [$this->loginUsername() => 'required', 'password' => 'required']);
     } else {
         $this->validate($request, [$this->loginUsername() => 'required', 'password' => 'required', 'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|recaptcha']);
     }
     // If the class is using the ThrottlesLogins trait, we can automatically throttle
     // the login attempts for this application. We'll key this by the username and
     // the IP address of the client making these requests into this application.
     $throttles = $this->isUsingThrottlesLoginsTrait();
     if ($throttles && $this->hasTooManyLoginAttempts($request)) {
         return $this->sendLockoutResponse($request);
     }
     $credentials = $this->getCredentials($request);
     if (\Auth::attempt($credentials, $request->has('remember'))) {
         return $this->handleUserWasAuthenticated($request, $throttles);
     }
     // If the login attempt was unsuccessful we will increment the number of attempts
     // to login and redirect the user back to the login form. Of course, when this
     // user surpasses their maximum number of attempts they will get locked out.
     if ($throttles) {
         $this->incrementLoginAttempts($request);
     }
     return redirect($this->loginPath())->withInput($request->only($this->loginUsername(), 'remember'))->withErrors([$this->loginUsername() => $this->getFailedLoginMessage()]);
 }