Laravel 11 Clear Cache of Route, View, Config Commands

Caching is an important component of every Laravel application as it is known to improve performance by remembering the frequent access of data. Sometimes during your development or after a deployment, it needs to be cleared to reflect change. Laravel 11 has built-in Artisan commands for clearing several kinds of caches including route, view, and config caches.

In this blog, we will discuss how to clear various types of cache in Laravel 11 and make sure your application is running perfectly.

How to Cache Clear of Routes, Views, Config and Events in Laravel 11?

Clear Application Cache

php artisan cache:clear

Clear View Cache

php artisan view:clear

Clear Config Cache

php artisan config:clear

Clear Route Cache

php artisan route:clear

Clear cache of config, views, cache files etc

php artisan optimize:clear

Clear cache using route

Route::get('/clear-cache', function() {
    Artisan::call('cache:clear');
    dd(“clear”);
});

Conclusion:

Clearing cache in Laravel 11 is important to reflect changes and avoid unexpected behavior. Using the above commands, you can efficiently manage different types of caches and ensure smooth application performance.

If you change things frequently in development, you might want to disable the cache in your local environment so that you don’t have to clear it over and over. In production, though, the cache should be enabled for optimal performance.

Have you ever had trouble with cache in Laravel? Let us know about it in the comments below!