Fix "Please provide a valid cache path" error in Laravel

Question

I copied a working laravel application and renamed it to be used by another application. I deleted the vendor folder and ran the following command again:

composer self-update

composer-update

npm install

bower install

I configured my routing and everything else correctly, but now when I try to run my application in the browser I get the following error:

InvalidArgumentException in Compiler.php line 36: Please provide a valid cache path.

ErrorException in Filesystem.php line 111: file_put_contents(F:wwwexampleappstorageframework/sessions/edf262ee7a2084a923bb967b938f54cb19f6b37d): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory

I have never encountered this problem before and I have no idea what causes it or how to fix it. I have searched online for a solution but have found none so far.

Answer 1

Try the following:

Create the following folders under storage/framework:

• sessions
• views
• cache

It should be running normally now