Laravel - Getting Started - Environment
When running tests, Laravel will automatically set the configuration environment to testing
because of the environment variables defined in the phpunit.xml
file. Laravel also automatically configures the session and cache to the array
driver while testing, meaning no session or cache data will be persisted while testing.
You are free to define other testing environment configuration values as necessary. The testing
environment variables may be configured in your application's phpunit.xml
file, but make sure to clear your configuration cache using the config:clear
Artisan command before running your tests!