Laravel 5 : Use different database for testing and local

Question

How does one change database for development and testing on local system without editing the .env file each time?

I have found it quite inconvenient to

Answer 1

For those, who want to use sqlite for testing

Create a test environment file and test.sqlite file

> cp .env .env.testing
> touch test.sqlite

In .env.testing file

DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
DB_DATABASE=./test.sqlite

Followed by

php artisan config:cache --env=testing

Now again migrate your databases

php artisan migrate

if you need then seed it

php artisan db:seed

And whenever you want to use local env, run

php artisan config:cache --env=local

Please note, env name can be found in .env file as APP_ENV=local