Laravel 5.6执行php artisan serve失败，排查发现是config/views.php配置问题

I ran into a frustrating issue where php artisan serve wouldn’t launch my Laravel 5.6 API (paired with an AngularJS frontend). After digging into possible causes, I tracked the problem right to the config/views.php file.

Here’s the breakdown of what happened:

• I’d modified the 'paths' configuration entry to point to the public/views directory, thinking it would align better with my frontend setup:

  'paths' => [
      array(__DIR__.'/../../public/views'),
  ]
  

• This tweak ended up breaking the development server’s ability to start entirely.

The fix was simple:

• I reverted the 'paths' setting back to its original default value (which targets the standard resources/views directory).
• Once I made this change, running php artisan serve worked flawlessly again.

If you’re hitting a similar roadblock, double-check your view path configuration in config/views.php. Ensuring it points to a valid, existing directory with proper permissions can resolve unexpected startup failures for the Laravel development server.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者MissesA