How to Generate App Key in Laravel 11

Hello, laravel web developers! In this article, we'll see how to generate an app key in laravel 11. In laravel 11 we'll create a new key using the artisan command. Typically, this string should be 32 characters long.

If the application key is not set, your user sessions and other encrypted data will not be secure. The key can be set in the .env environment file.

If you created a .env file and you don't have APP_KEY yet then you will also find the "no application encryption key has been specified." error.

Laravel 11 Generate App Key

Using this command we'll create an app key.

php artisan key:generate

This command will generate a key in the .env file.

APP_KEY=base64:Mmef2AtBJM4vYxF8vokyZkYQux/SfxMr1qW2/BtsXCE=

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