Laravel 5.2 not reading env file

Question

After upgrading to Laravel 5.2, none of my .env file values are being read. I followed the upgrade instructions; none of my config files were changed except aut

Answer 1

The simplicity is the power:

php artisan config:cache

You will receive:

Configuration cache cleared!

Configuration cached successfully!

Answer 2

I face the same problem much time during larval development. some times env stop working and not return any value. that reason may be different that depends on your situation. but in my case a few days ago I just run

 PHP artisan::config:clear

so be careful use of this command. because it will wipe all config data form its cache. so after that, it will not return any value. So in this situation, you need to use this first if you have run PHP artisan config:: clear command.

php artisan config:cache  // it will cache all data 
php artisan config:clear
Configuration cache cleared!