No Application Encryption Key Has Been Specified

Question

I\'m new to Laravel and I\'m trying to use the Artisan command...

php artisan serve

It displays...

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Answer 1

1. Copy .env.example to .env:

   cp -a .env.example .env

2. Generate a key:

   php artisan key:generate

3. Only then run:

   php artisan serve