After making changes to your .env or config files in production, remember to run php artisan config:cache to optimize performance.
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Laravel’s Artisan console heavily relies on the .env file. Commands such as php artisan config:clear delete the cached configuration (stored in bootstrap/cache/config.php ), forcing Laravel to re-read the .env file. The php artisan config:cache command compiles all configuration into a single file, significantly improving performance in production. However, when caching configuration, , meaning that changes to .env will have no effect until php artisan config:clear is run again. After making changes to your