How do I use values from .env in Laravel 5.6

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Hi ?I am just learning to use Laravel framework and having trouble understanding how to use the values stored in the .env file. I have created a template application using artisan and it works. In the default welcome blade is the code

<div class="title m-b-md">
     Laravel <--/*this text needs to change */
</div>

In the file .env is the lines:

APP_NAME=SomeAppName
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=base64:zUm/qFNKTV4gRw6bFcIdOfm5rTzrS8JP1bj2KIz8Rl4=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost

How do i reference the .env file so that the welcome page shows the value of APP_NAME ("SomeAppName") instead of "Laravel"?

p.s have tried {{ getenv('APP_NAME') }} and {{ config('app.name', 'SomeAppName') }} but former gives blank and latter still prints out "Laravel"

Take a look at some of the files in the `config` folder. Also, you might need to `php artisan config:clear` for new settings to take effect — brombeer, Jun 08 '18 at 06:38
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34263107/get-environment-value-in-controller — hungrykoala, Jun 08 '18 at 06:38
Possible duplicate of [Accessing Laravel .env variables in blade](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43040967/accessing-laravel-env-variables-in-blade) — Loek, Jun 08 '18 at 07:12

Nikhil Joshi · Answer 1 · 2018-06-08T08:11:27.220

It seems both of @stan & @yash above answers are partially correct.

Please Follow below links:

According to above what you need to do is as below

<div class="title m-b-md">
      {{ env('APP_NAME') }}
</div>

Then from console you need to clear cache.

php artisan config:clear
php artisan cache:clear
composer dump-autoload

This should work for you.

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited May 01 '20 at 13:56

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<div class="title m-b-md">
     {{ env('APP_NAME') }}
</div>

If your running local environment server. Firstly you restart your local environment server and try this.

And if you enabled config cache than run the commands below

php artisan config:clear

php artisan cache:clear

edited May 01 '20 at 13:56

Faisal Sarfraz

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answered Jun 08 '18 at 06:44

Kawsar

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Thanks all for amazingly fast response that even worked. – Mike davison Jun 08 '18 at 07:02
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One small question, is that supposed to be `clear:config` or `config:clear`? etc. – Mike davison Jun 08 '18 at 07:03
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@Mikedavison it shoule be `php artisan config:clear and cache:clear` since the above command will give this error **There are no commands defined in the "clear" namespace.** – Sagar Ahuja Jun 08 '18 at 11:56

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '18 at 06:39

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In Blade you could do something like:

{{ env('APP_URL')

In a controller or PHP Class:

env('APP_URL')

answered Jun 08 '18 at 06:39

Stan Barrows

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How do I use values from .env in Laravel 5.6

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