Laravel: clear the cache (+ 6 commands for more control)
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How to clear the cache
To clear the cache in Laravel, use the php artisan optimize:clear command.
Laravel will remove the config cache, bootstrap cache, events cache, general cache (or application cache), routes cache and views cache.
How to clear the application cache
To clear the application cache in Laravel, use the php artisan cache:clear command.
Depending on your cache driver (defined in your .env file and named CACHE_DRIVER), Laravel will clear files on disk or data in Redis or memcached.
How to clear config cache
To clear the config cache in Laravel, use the php artisan config:clear command.
Laravel will clear the cache by deleting bootstrap/cache/config.php.
You can now update values in .env file. 👍
How to clear events cache
To clear the events cache in Laravel, use the php artisan event:clear command.
Laravel will delete bootstrap/cache/events.php.
Learn more about Laravel’s automatic event discovery.
How to clear routes cache
To clear the routes cache in Laravel, use the php artisan route:cache command.
Laravel will remove bootstrap/cache/routes-v7.php.
How to clear scheduled tasks cache
To clear the scheduled tasks cache, use the php artisan schedule:clear-cache command.
Learn more about Laravel’s tasks overlap prevention, because that’s what this cache is for.
How to clear views cache
To clear the scheduled tasks cache, use the php artisan view:cache command.
Laravel will delete the content of storage/views.
Bonus: turn off the application cache
To completely turn off the application cache, change the cache driver to null in your .env file.
CACHE_DRIVER=null
