Laravel .env variable always returns null

Question

I added this variable to .env file

STRIPE_SECRET=a12345

I would like to dump the variable using routes/web.php

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Answer 1

I would not recommend using the env('STRIPE') command to get a variable. In a loop, this command starts returning null after some iteration. Therefore, it is better to create a configuration file and use the command "config('file_name.variable_name)":

 env('STRIPE_SECRET', '')
];

Run these commands first

php artisan config:cache
php artisan config:clear

And use this command to get the value of the STRIPE_SECRET variable:

config('config_file.sprite_secret)