src/Codeception/Module/Laravel5.php
protected function bootApplication()
    {
        $projectDir = explode($this->config['packages'], \Codeception\Configuration::projectDir())[0];
        $projectDir .= $this->config['root'];
        require $projectDir . 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'autoload.php';

        \Illuminate\Support\ClassLoader::register();

        $bootstrapFile = $projectDir . $this->config['bootstrap'];

        if (! file_exists($bootstrapFile)) {
            throw new ModuleConfig(
                $this, "Laravel bootstrap file not found in $bootstrapFile.\nPlease provide a valid path to it using 'bootstrap' config param. "
            );
        }

        $app = require $bootstrapFile;
        $app->loadEnvironmentFrom($this->config['environment_file']);

        return $app;
    }
protected function bootApplication()
    {
        $projectDir = explode($this->config['packages'], \Codeception\Configuration::projectDir())[0];
        $projectDir .= $this->config['root'];
        require $projectDir . 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'autoload.php';

        \Illuminate\Support\ClassLoader::register();

        $bootstrapFile = $projectDir . $this->config['bootstrap'];

        if (! file_exists($bootstrapFile)) {
            throw new ModuleConfig(
                $this, "Laravel bootstrap file not found in $bootstrapFile.\nPlease provide a valid path to it using 'bootstrap' config param. "
            );
        }

        $app = require $bootstrapFile;
        $app->loadEnvironmentFrom($this->config['environment_file']);

        return $app;
    }
Boot the Laravel application object.

@return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application
@throws \Codeception\Exception\ModuleConfig