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i have {{ route('view/issue', $issue->id) }} in an email view. This generates "http://localhost/issues/625/view-issue" instead of "https://superdomain.com/issues/625/view-issue". Routes in the rest of the application work fine.
I have 'url' => env('APP_URL', 'https://superdomain.com'), in my config/app.php and i even set URL::forceRootUrl('https://superdomain.com'); in my AppServiceProvider.php to try and force it to work.
i can dump config('app.url') or env('APP_URL') and they both give me "https://superdomain.com" but the urls in the email still use "http://localhost". I also have my .env set with APP_URL=https://superdomain.com and there are no other .env files in the root dir.
Anything else i need to check?
Thanks in advance!
I'm using laravel 6.18.3 and php 7.3.11
Have you cleared the cache?
php artisan clear-compiled && php artisan config:clear && php artisan cache:clear && php artisan view:clear && php artisan route:clear && sudo composer dump-autoload && php artisan optimize
also check this URL: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/url-helper-function-in-email-templates
i had done php artisan config:clear but now i ran your command and dumping env('APP_URL') from the controller gives me "null" instead of "https://superdomain.com" and makes me wonder if i had forgotten to dump the env variable earlier. i know i dumped the config variable.
i wonder what could cause my env variable to return null. i checked the file perms and that is good. The whole app works except for this strange issue.
thanks
well, i was trying to dump env('APP_URL') using a variable named $env... now dumping with $url = env('APP_URL'); returns the domain, but url is still not created properly in email. very annoying.
i wonder what could cause my env variable to return null.
This could be the reason...
Once the configuration has been cached, the .env file will not be loaded and all calls to the env function will return null.
https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/configuration#configuration-caching
Try executing php artisan config:cache to fix the problem.
thanks. that's good to know.
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