Laravel `php artisan serve` throws error without meaning

Question

When running php artisan serve I get the error message:

$ php artisan serve
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000
sh: line 0: exec: : not found
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8001
sh: line 0: exec: : not found

It will repeat trying to start on other ports but without success.

My installation worked fine a couple of days ago and I did not do any manual updates. What does the error message mean?

I also tested to setup a new Laravel project with laravel new test and I can properly launch this. So I assume that all my tools are still correctly installed.

Yes it exists and has the same content as when I create a fresh installation. — elyptikus, Apr 07 '21 at 09:56
Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/26376773/6212294) answers you? — SEYED BABAK ASHRAFI, Apr 07 '21 at 09:58
@BABAKASHRAFI No, unfortunately not. The path is configured as described in the linked question and the path is also sourced. Other laravel apps are working correctly. — elyptikus, Apr 07 '21 at 10:02
Does this answer your question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55290052/php-artisan-serve-command-not-serving-laravel-5-8 — Zia Yamin, Apr 07 '21 at 10:14
@ZiaYamin I think we got a lead here. I can serve properly with `php -S 127.0.0.1:9000 -t public/`. But when stopping this and running `php artisan serve` again, the same error as in the question appears. — elyptikus, Apr 07 '21 at 10:19
@HedayatullahSarwary Unfortunately no success. Could it have something to do with cached data? — elyptikus, Apr 07 '21 at 11:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '21 at 12:13

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I solved it by myself. I had some wrong variable in my .env file which messed up my php path. I deleted it and now everything runs fine:

PHP_BINARY="/opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/php"

I used this to debug the site on my shared hosting server. Thanks everyone in the discussions for the good hints.

answered Apr 07 '21 at 12:13

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Happy that you find it, best of luck. – Hedayatullah Sarwary Apr 08 '21 at 04:08

Laravel `php artisan serve` throws error without meaning

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