PHP artisan tinker not working

@athamz share the command that you are trying and the output/error that you get for better help.

I mean there is no output from tinker...press enter but no output.

So running php artisan tinker in your console, you get nothing?

You are not getting this?

Psy Shell v0.9.9 (PHP 7.2.18 — cli) by Justin Hileman
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@nakov yes I got it, but if I try to write 2 + 2 then press enter no output.

you can my screenshoot here : https://prnt.sc/ooexwt

Check your Laravel Log file

@athamz So as it turns out this is an open issue using php 7.3

More details here:

https://github.com/bobthecow/psysh/issues/540

You can check some of the workarounds here:

https://github.com/laravel/tinker/issues/63

@nakov I was read that solution but I didnt see file ~/.config/psysh/config.php.

how to find that file ?

@athamz You will not see it, you should create the file yourself as long as you wish to override some of the defaults. This are the steps to take in your terminal:

• Run:

 vim ~/.config/psysh/config.php

• When the documents opens press i to enter in insert mode in vim, then paste the following:

<?php

return [
  'usePcntl' => false,
];

• exit from VIM by pressing esc then type: :wq

Then make sure that you open a new terminal tab, so that you get fresh session and try the tinker again.

@nakov thats work now, thanks bro.

@athamz you can accept the answer if it solved your issue my friend :) There is a button to mark it as "Best answer"