PHP Laravel custom guard error

Question

I'm getting the error:

Auth guard [accountant] is not defined.

This is my config\auth.php file

<?php
 return [
'defaults' => [
 'guard' => 'web',
 'passwords' => 'users',
],
'guards' => [
 'web' => [
 'driver' => 'session',
 'provider' => 'users',
 ],
 'api' => [
 'driver' => 'token',
 'provider' => 'users',
 ],
 'admin' => [
 'driver' => 'session',
 'provider' => 'admins',
 ],
 'admin-api' => [
 'driver' => 'token',
 'provider' => 'admins',
 ],
 'accountant' => [
 'driver' => 'session',
 'provider' => 'accountants',
 ],
],
'providers' => [
 'users' => [
 'driver' => 'eloquent',
 'model' => App\User::class,
 ],
 'admins' => [
 'driver' => 'eloquent',
 'model' => App\Admin::class,
 ],
 'accountants' => [
 'driver' => 'eloquent',
 'model' => App\Accountant::class,
 ],
 // 'users' => [
 // 'driver' => 'database',
 // 'table' => 'users',
 // ],
],
'passwords' => [
 'users' => [
 'provider' => 'users',
 'table' => 'password_resets',
 'expire' => 60,
 ],
 'admins' => [
 'provider' => 'admins',
 'table' => 'password_resets',
 'expire' => 60,
 ],
 'accountants' => [
 'provider' => 'accountants',
 'table' => 'password_resets',
 'expire' => 60,
 ],
],
];

The previous guard admin is working fine. But the accountant guard is throwing an error. What have I done incorrectly?

I have added the guard in the model as well

• kjones: Maybe try a php artisan config:clear?
• Sai Krishna: That worked. Why does this happen? Does laravel cache the config file?
• kjones: Not 100% sure but I've been bitten by it in the past too, I'll add an answer

Answer 1

You may need to clear the config cache:

php artisan config:clear

Here are the docs on configuration caching: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/configuration#configuration-caching

You may have previously run the config:cache command on your dev instance