laravel 4: key not being generated with artisan

Question

When running

php artisan key:generate

I can see the generated key in my shell, but the variable \'key\' in app.php remains empt

Answer 1

Had the same problem ...

1. Opened app.php
2. Remove the entry that says 'YourSecretKey!!!'
3. Ran 'php artisan key:generate'

Showed me a key in the console, but nothing in app.php!

Solution is ... unlike Laravel 3, don't delete the default YourSecretKey!!! in app.php, just run the command and it will work.

Hope this helps.

Bagwaa