Laravel : .eav file not created in root

Question

After using below command .env file no created in root

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project

and getting error while accessing url

Whoops, looks like something went wrong.

Is there any wrong with this command or any other setting ? any idea please share

Answer 1

You should create your .env file using the .env.example file to configure the database and everything else as needed. Be sure to generate a key with the artisan command key:generate as well. By default, laravel uses the configuration files inside the config folder.

Answer 2

Its simple to resolve, just copy .env and copy content from .env.example

or

run bellow command:

cp .env.example .env

Answer 3

You can just make one in a text editor. There's nothing special about them. Just lookup an example of one and make sure you fill in all the necessary env variables.

vim .env

or

nano .env

from your app root and add the following:

APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=SomeRandomString

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync 

Here's an online example if you need it.

EDIT

If you're worried about the file permissions, sudo chmod 644 .env should be fine. Make sure you add .env to your .gitignore file if it's not already there. You should never track your environment variables in version control.