Laravel 4 is not reading env file

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At first, this is not duplicate. I've already tried the next and any of them worked:

I'm using Mac and Homestead on Virtual Box to virtualize Laravel 4.

What I did:

Download the project from the repository
composer install and composer dump-autoload within vm
set up env file
set up homestead.yaml and /etc/hosts
vagrant halt / vagrant up --provision

This is the error: https://i.gyazo.com/77effc81c4b99b40d1b8b3c0b41d9f6d.png (I'm not allowed to add images blablabla...)

So I decided to remove and create env file again. I checked my version of php, environment and hostname and all of them are right...

If you need further information just let me know. Thanks for everyone in advance.

EDIT: Obviously I tried every solution suggested in the previous Stackoverflow questions posted.

env func doesn't show index undefined error it just returns null or the default value passed as second argument. — Shahzaib Sheikh, Jul 04 '17 at 16:00
I think the variable want to access to the value but it can't find it so it shows undefined index, isn't it? — Mrquestion, Jul 04 '17 at 16:11
see in the pic you are trying to access the value from global array `$_ENV` if the array doesn't have a value with this key i.e `PP_API_ENDPOINT` it will show error. but when you use this helper function `env('key','default')` it returns null if the value is not found or there is no second argument otherwise return the value. — Shahzaib Sheikh, Jul 04 '17 at 16:15
The issue is because env file has that key and a value but for some reason, that variable cannot access it. — Mrquestion, Jul 04 '17 at 16:23
it means I can't see the content of the website because the error appears earlier. — Mrquestion, Jul 05 '17 at 10:53
/home/vagrant/Code/project/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php:513: array (size=0) empty — Mrquestion, Jul 05 '17 at 14:57
Is .env file placed in project folder ? Make sure you have placed it there and is in proper format. — Shahzaib Sheikh, Jul 05 '17 at 15:10
It is in the main folder named .env.local.php because is working on Laravel 4 — Mrquestion, Jul 05 '17 at 15:19
make `.env.php` file and copy the content of `.env.local.php` in that file then check it. you can also check if these both files are loading by simply using `exit` keyword before return statement if application loads with blank page then your file is loading properly — Shahzaib Sheikh, Jul 05 '17 at 16:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '17 at 16:34

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I finally solved it. It was some shit about env file and PhpStorm. I removed the env file and created again with sublime text, wrote manually all keys and values and it worked!!!

Thank you for Shahzaib Sheikh help.

answered Jul 05 '17 at 16:34

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