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

Okay, I'll write another instruction, because didn't find the clear answer here. So if you faced such problems, follow this:

1. Rename or copy/rename .env.example file in the root of your project to .env.

You should not just create empty .env file, but fill it with content of .env.example.

2. In the terminal go to the project root directory(not public folder) and run

php artisan key:generate

3. If everything is okay, the response in the terminal should look like this

Application key [base64:wbvPP9pBOwifnwu84BeKAVzmwM4TLvcVFowLcPAi6nA=] set successfully.

4. Now just copy key itself and paste it in your .env file as the value to APP_KEY. Result line should look like this:

APP_KEY=base64:wbvPP9pBOwifnwu84BeKAVzmwM4TLvcVFowLcPAi6nA=

5. In terminal run

php artisan config:cache

That's it.