Laravel Serve command does not respect --env parameter

Question

To be able to run Browser tests directly in my IDE (without using the artisan dusk command), I want to run php artisan serve --env=dusk.local. While it indeed starts the local PHP server, it uses the wrong database. It uses the database specified in .env not the one in .env.dusk.local.
I ran php artisan cache:clear thousands of times, but it doesn't change anything.
Running things like php artisan migrate --env=... works.

Is there a way to achieve my goal without needing to rename my .env.dusk.local file to .env before each test?

The docs state that you only need the suffix of .env. https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/testing#environment Please mind that I wrote, that other commands work as intended. — TimSch, Mar 21 '19 at 11:19

Jonas Staudenmeir · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-21T17:06:06.097

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This is a bug in Laravel 5.8: https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/27828

~~There is currently no solution (other than downgrading to Laravel 5.7).~~

It has been fixed in the latest release 5.8.7.

edited Mar 21 '19 at 17:06

answered Mar 21 '19 at 14:31

Jonas Staudenmeir

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