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Getting 500 server error with Laravel 5.7 on Windows

I have cloned repo from git, and made composer install.

Then I am starting a server, but every time I get 500 server error.

Also, I tried to create a new project with composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog and this project works fine.

In my error log i got an error like:

production.ERROR: No application encryption key has been specified. {"exception":"[object] (RuntimeException(code: 0): No application encryption key has been specified. at C:\OSPanel\domains\contact-fw-domanskyi\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider.php:44) [stacktrace]

Solution

  • Answer based on your comment under in your question:

    RuntimeException No application encryption key has been specified.

    set a value for the APP_KEY variable.

    At the command line, the following Artisan command to generate a key:

    php artisan key:generate

    This will generate a random key, you must restart the server and you should no longer see the error message.