Level 50
You can try do php artisan key:generate as it seems your key is flawed.
Feb 10, 2017
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Level 1
php artisan optimize
I was getting an error when running this command
> php artisan optimize
[RuntimeException]
The only supported ciphers are AES-128-CBC and AES-256-CBC with the correct key lengths.
because I was missing my .env file. If I run php artisan config:cache artisan optimize will work without the .env file. because the cached values are in /bootstrap/cache/config.php
On another project I tried the same thing, mv the .env file and ran php artisan optimize expecting the build to fail, but it didnt. cd'ing into /bootstrap/cache I did not see a config.php .
My question is: where else does artisan look for the app_key and app_debug status if the .env file is missing?
Level 1
@SaeedPrez that's the thing. I was able to optimize without an .env file which is where the key is. is there another location where the key could be besides the /cache/config.php file?
Level 50
@lamboap check your config/app.php, it should get it from the .env file though.
Level 2
You can also push your env variables from web server, without using .env files
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