Problem with .env and routes cache

Hello everyone,

Lately, I've been experiencing some technical issues with my Laravel project. Out of nowhere, my project starts failing to retrieve environment variables from the .env file, and I have to repeatedly run:

php artisan optimize php artisan cache:clear php artisan config:clear php artisan config:cache php artisan route:clear

until it suddenly starts working again. Has anyone encountered similar behavior? I'm using Laravel Framework 10.48.16.

Additionally, and also recently, every time I modify the routes in the web.php file, I need to run php artisan optimize to refresh them and make them usable. This didn't happen before; it started all of a sudden.

I would appreciate any help or suggestions to resolve these issues.

Thanks in advance :-D

puklipo

1 year ago

Level 9

In development, don't use any cache commands.

Run optimize:clear once.

php artisan optimize:clear

Don't do anything after that.

You should inspect the code in Laravel to understand what each command does. https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/11.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/OptimizeClearCommand.php https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/11.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/OptimizeCommand.php

MohamedTammam

1 year ago

Level 51

Don't run php artisan optimize in development. Just run the following

php artisan cache:clear
php artisan view:clear
php artisan config:clear
php artisan route:clear

Valen18

1 year ago

Level 1

Thank you for your replies but, this behavior has been going on for a few weeks without understanding why it happens. Before it was not necessary to run any command.

Thanks!

Snapey

1 year ago

Level 122

just clear cache and leave it alone

martinbean

1 year ago

Level 80

@valen18 You have two problems.

You should not be running any of the *:cache commands outside of production.
You should not be accessing environment variable values directly. Instead, you should be mapping environment variables to configuration values, and then accessing them via the config helper.

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