Laravel 5.4 does not see changes in files

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I'm using Laravel 5.4 on Windows 7 and Xampp 3.2.2. A few days ago Laravel started ignoring the changes I was making to the .env file. I couldn't find the solution so I reinstalled Laravel in a different directory and imported my app folder.

Now Laravel just stopped responding to the changes I am making to some PHP files. I added a function to the /vendor/illuminate/support/helpers.php but I could not access it in the view. I deleted the content of the whole file and I could still access the function previously declared in it. I created a helpers file as instructed here but that too is being ignored.

Any changes to any views is immediately effected and php artisan cache:clear is not doing anything.

How is this happening? Does it even make sense?

delete all file from \storage\framework\views and clear cache using artisan — Nimisha Molia, Nov 23 '17 at 13:07
I forgot to mention that I'm not having issues with views and `php artisan cache:clear` is not changing anything — murume, Nov 23 '17 at 13:21
Very true @AmandoVledder but the problem is the custom one is not working either. — murume, Nov 23 '17 at 15:03
@NimishaMolia yes I have bumped autoload after adding the custom file to *composer.json* — murume, Nov 23 '17 at 15:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '17 at 19:39

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Laravel caches config values to improve performance.

You need to run either (recommended)

php artisan config:cache

which will cache the new values you have, or

php artisan config:clear

which will turn off caching. I've had some experience with this causing errors though.

answered Nov 23 '17 at 19:39

Erik Berkun-Drevnig

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I tried `php artisan config:cache` several times before abandoning the whole thing. It was rebuilding the cache but I still had the same issues. I've just tried `php artisan config:clear` and it worked. Thanks – murume Nov 24 '17 at 06:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '17 at 13:27

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I know it might sound rather stupid, but have you remembered to restart the server because you've edited the .env file?

answered Nov 23 '17 at 13:27

Joshua N

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Is that necessary when one is using Xampp? Is that not for those using the built in server – murume Nov 23 '17 at 15:01
@murume yes, its something you must do every time you edit the .env file – Joshua N Nov 23 '17 at 19:32

Laravel 5.4 does not see changes in files

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