Unable to change cache driver when using RateLimiter class

[foremtehan]

When using RateLimiter class like so:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;

RateLimiter::attempt(...)

You can not use another driver at the moment, it only uses the default cache driver.

For example my default cache driver is database, But i wanna use the file driver for that expression

[BrekiTomasson]

RateLimiter always uses the cache driver since it's meant to be the fastest lookup you have available, but I agree that it could be interesting to have the option of doing something like RateLimiter::using('file')->attempt(...).

That said, my advice would be to install redis and use it as your cache, queue and session drivers.