When to generate a new Application Key in Laravel?

php artisan key:generate is a command that sets the APP_KEY value in your .env file. By default, this command is run following a composer create-project laravel/laravel command. If you use a version control system like git to manage your project for development, calling git push … will push a copy of your Laravel project to wherever it is going, but will not include your .env file. Therefore, if … Read more