Clarify env() behavior after config caching #10513
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Clarify env() behavior after configuration caching The current documentation states that “all calls to the env function will return null” once the configuration has been cached.
However, this is only true for environment variables defined exclusively in the .env file.
If the environment variable exists at the system level (e.g., via putenv(), server configuration, env() will still return a value after caching.
This clarification helps developers understand that env() is not completely disabled after config:cache, but rather depends on the source of the environment variable.