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Can you give more information? Like the host, the http server, your config files, whatever that can help understanding the issue? A 500 response is a bit short.
Apr 13, 2017
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deploying laravel 5.4 for production
i have been trying to deploy a laravel 5.4 application on a production server but am getting a 500 response, i have set all my permissions but i cant seem to get rid of the error..
you can visit intellect.co.ke to see my error
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storage folder must be writable
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500 errors are due to a problem in your code, check your controllers.
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@gustav1105 its a fresh install of laravel 5.4, so no code errors
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@mdecooman when i access the domain on a browser,i get i HTTP ERROR 500 , i had installed a fresh installation of laravel 5.2 and it worked perfectly, but when i nstalled laravel 5.4 the same way i installed laravel 5.2, i get the 500 error, its a fresh install of laravel 5.4, so am assuming its somth to do with maybe permission or .htaccess
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@Stefan the storage folder has 777 permission
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Have you tried pushing to deploy with github
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@gustav1105 yes, its not working for laravel 5.4, butworks for laravel 5.3
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never 777 on storage...
sudo chown -R :www-data /var/www/yourproject
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/yourproject/storage
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/yourproject/bootstrap/cache
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What PHP version is your server running?
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@gustav1105 php v5.6
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Did you upload your .env file with a APP_KEY?
Did you run composer install (happened to me once)?
Are the storage folder writeable?
Is the bootstrap/cache folder writeable?
Did you check the logfiles to see what triggers the 500 error?
Laravel requires at least PHP5.6.4. Which version of 5.6 are you using?
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I found a thread stating use PHP v5.6.4 or higher, might be something to look at, although at this point it is just a guess
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@vapenation still not working
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looking at the apache error logs, i find this
[Thu Apr 13 12:35:49.886519 2017] [:error] [pid 15902] [client 196.101.117.244:60844] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '&' or variable (T_VARIAB$$VARIABLE) in /var/www/company/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php on line 480
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solved it!!!! yeeeeeey!!!
so...the problem is, laravel 5.4 requires php version 5.6 so you need to upgrade your php version, but apache will still use the older php version even if you upgrade your php version since apache will not use your default CLI php version unless you tell it to, this command is a quick fix by telling apache to use php version 5.6
sudo a2dismod php5 && sudo a2enmod php5.6 && sudo service apache2 restart
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