Laravel - DecryptException: 'The MAC is invalid'

Question

In laravel for registration I\'m using encrypt algorithm for password instead of inbuilt bcrypt function in Laravel because to get password and send it to mail when password

Answer 1

App key matters in encryption and decryption. I was having 2 sub domains with different projects in which I was encrypting value on sub domain and 1 and trying to decrypt on sub domain 2. Issue was resolved when both projects were having same appkey. Note: No projects should have same appkey!!!

If you have imported DB form one environment to another, most likely you will face this error. Its recommended to have same APP_KEY as data source application in order to fix bug.