No Application Encryption Key Has Been Specified

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Carlos F picture Carlos F · Jun 30, 2017 · Viewed 364.1k times · Source

I'm new to Laravel and I'm trying to use the Artisan command...

php artisan serve

It displays...

Laravel development server started: http://127.0.0.1:8000

However, it won't automatically launch and when I manually enter http://127.0.0.1:8000 it shows this error:

RuntimeException No application encryption key has been specified.

Any ideas? I'm using Laravel framework 5.5-dev.

Answer

Amarnasan picture Amarnasan · Jun 30, 2017

From Encryption - Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans:

"Before using Laravel's encrypter, you must set a key option in your config/app.php configuration file. You should use the php artisan key:generate command to generate this key"

I found that using this complex internet query in google.com:

"laravel add encrption key" (Yes, it worked even with the typo!)

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