force-https in laravel

Here is how you force redirect from http to https

Useing .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

In Laravel go under "app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php"

and then inside boot method add

\URL::forceScheme('https');

or add below given code in AppServiceProvider and boot method

if($this->app->environment('production'))
{
   $this->app['request']->server->set('HTTPS','on');
}