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Laravel `php artisan serve` throws error without meaning

When running php artisan serve I get the error message:

$ php artisan serve
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000
sh: line 0: exec: : not found
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8001
sh: line 0: exec: : not found

It will repeat trying to start on other ports but without success.

My installation worked fine a couple of days ago and I did not do any manual updates. What does the error message mean?

I also tested to setup a new Laravel project with laravel new test and I can properly launch this. So I assume that all my tools are still correctly installed.

Solution

  • I solved it by myself. I had some wrong variable in my .env file which messed up my php path. I deleted it and now everything runs fine:

    PHP_BINARY="/opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/php"

    I used this to debug the site on my shared hosting server. Thanks everyone in the discussions for the good hints.