How to generate .env file for laravel?

Question

From the documentation I see it\'s possible to create a laravel project via laravel installer:

$laravel new blog

or via composer:

Answer 1

This is an old thread, but as it still gets viewed and recently active "26" days ago as of this post, here is a quick solution.

There is no .env file initially, you must duplicate .env.example as .env.

In windows, you can open a command prompt aka the CLI and paste the exact code below while inside the root directory of the project. Must include the ( at the start line without space.

(
echo APP_NAME=Laravel
echo APP_ENV=local
echo APP_KEY=
echo APP_DEBUG=true
echo APP_URL=http://localhost
echo.
echo LOG_CHANNEL=stack
echo.
echo DB_CONNECTION=mysql
echo DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
echo DB_PORT=3306
echo DB_DATABASE=homestead
echo DB_USERNAME=homestead
echo DB_PASSWORD=secret
echo.
echo BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
echo CACHE_DRIVER=file
echo SESSION_DRIVER=file
echo SESSION_LIFETIME=120
echo QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
echo.
echo REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
echo REDIS_PASSWORD=null
echo REDIS_PORT=6379
echo.
echo MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
echo MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
echo MAIL_PORT=2525
echo MAIL_USERNAME=null
echo MAIL_PASSWORD=null
echo MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
echo.
echo PUSHER_APP_ID=
echo PUSHER_APP_KEY=
echo PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
echo PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1
echo.
echo MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
echo MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
)>".env"

Just press enter to exit the prompt and you should have the .env file with the default settings created in the same directory you typed above CLI command.

Hope this helps.