Have you tried deleting
bootstrap/cache/config.php
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Hello,
I decided to create .env.testing file to override the .env file for testing .
then , I :php artisan config:cache --env=testing
vagrant@homestead:~/code/crm$ php artisan config:cache --env=testing
Configuration cache cleared!
Configuration cached successfully!
But after that the project is down 'error 500' and every artisan command returns this error message :
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'forge'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
It's like the .env does not exists !
I also try to clear cache , but also all clear cache command s returns the same error :
vagrant@homestead:~/code/crm$ php artisan config:clear
Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'forge'@'localhost' (using password: NO) (SQL: select * from `teamleader_apis` limit 1)
at /home/vagrant/code/crm/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:664
660| // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
661| // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
662| // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
663| catch (Exception $e) {
> 664| throw new QueryException(
665| $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
666| );
667| }
668|
Exception trace:
1 App\Console\Commands\DemoCron::__construct()
[internal]:0
2 Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOException::("SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'forge'@'localhost' (using password: NO)")
/home/vagrant/code/crm/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php:31
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