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

cp .env.example .env if there is no .env file present. php artisan key:generate command works for me. It generates the encryption key

Answer 2

Sometimes If everything Fails Use this:

Goto: laravelProject/config/app.php

Find the line: 'key' => and check to what it refers,

It can either be one of two:

Case 1: env('APP_KEY') Case 2: "somekeystring"

For Case 1: Goto your .env file after you have run cp -a .env.example .env Enter a random string like 10101010101010101010101010101010

Now, run php artisan key:generate

Your key will be updated automatically.

For Case 2: set a random string like for value of Key 10101010101010101010101010101010

Now, run php artisan key:generate

Your key will be updated automatically.

Answer 3

In my case, while cloning the project from git there was no .env

file. So I copy the .env file from the source project and paste in my current project and change its configuration of database and it run successfully.

Answer 4

1. Copy .env.example to .env:

   cp -a .env.example .env

2. Generate a key:

   php artisan key:generate

3. Only then run:

   php artisan serve

Answer 5

Follow this steps:

1. php artisan key:generate
2. php artisan config:cache
3. php artisan serve

Answer 6

If you git clone some project then this kind of issue may usually occur.

1. make sure there is .env file
2. run php artisan key:generate and then it should generate APP_KEY in .env
3. finally run php artisan serve and it should be working.