Unable to change APP_ENV form "local" to "production"

APP_ENV=staging

i have changed it from local to production

Log::info(env('APP_ENV'));
Log::info(message: App::environment());

[2025-07-15 05:50:23] local.INFO: local  
[2025-07-15 05:50:23] local.INFO: local

but it wont change i also checked the fallback value

 'env' => env('APP_ENV', 'production');

Please guide me where i am going wrong!

Level 5

Hi, have you tried clearing the config cache?

php artisan config:clear

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Level 1

@Vable yes tried no success

Level 63

I had a similar situation.

Have you created a .env.local file ?

If yes, this one is used by default by Laravel instead of the others.

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@vincent15000 i have the .env file and .env.encrypted only

Level 122

make sure you dont have it twice in your .env file.

also try commenting it out, so that it falls back to production.

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Level 80

@sarfaraz1212 How are you actually running your application when you’re trying to change the APP_ENV value?

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