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

There's another explanation for why .env doesn't exist, and it happens when you move all the Laravel files.

Take this workflow: in your project directory you do laravel new whatever, Laravel is installed in whatever, you do mv * .. to move all the files to your project folder, and you remove whatever. The problem is, mv doesn't move hidden files by default, so the .env files are left behind, and are removed!

Answer 2

create .env using command!

composer run post-root-package-install or sudo composer run post-root-package-install

Answer 3

in console (cmd), go to app root path and execute:

type .env.example > .env

Answer 4

Just tried both ways and in both ways I got generated .env file:

Composer should automatically create .env file. In the post-create-project-cmd section of the composer.json you can find:

"post-create-project-cmd": [
  "php -r \"copy('.env.example', '.env');\"",
  "php artisan key:generate"
]

Both ways use the same composer.json file, so there shoudn't be any difference.

I suggest you to update laravel/installer to the last version: 1.2 and try again:

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.2"

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You can always generate .env file manually by running:

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate