Question: I've uploaded my Laravel app to a cpanel host . 
The problem is that Laravel does not read the contents of the .env file and show me a "Whoops, looks like something went wrong." page ( twice In one page )
This error is displayed because the program can not receive the APP\_KEY variable . can not read .env file at all . I searched a little for this problem, but the solutions did not work . I tried all these:

* 'php artisan cache:clear' command
* 'php artisan config:clear' command
* 'php artisan config:cache' command
* change permission for .env file (755)
* run all 'composer update' , 'composer install' , 'composer dump-autoload' commands
* I did not use env function anywhere
* There are no spaces in the values stored in the env file

But none of the above did not work out.
However, My program runs well in local ( windows ) and there is no problem But it does not run on the server ( cpanel )

note : I realized that when I execute the 'php artisan config:cache' command on server , all cache files are made in 'bootstrap/cache' folder, except for the config.php file
note2 : I uploaded several times in different ways. Once all the files in the folder in the root and the public files in the public\_html folder . and once all the files in the public\_html folder. Both not working

Does anyone know where the problem is?

[in this time i put all my app files in public\_html folder](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W4Udn.jpg)

Answer: 
Take a look at the `storage/logs/laravel.log` file to get more accurate information.

Make sure the `putenv()` and `getenv()` functions are not disabled In `php.ini`
That always happens to me on new sites, so I usually run:

```
chmod 777 storage/ storage/app/ storage/framework/ storage/logs/
chmod 777 storage/ storage/app/ storage/framework/ storage/logs/
chmod 777 storage/framework/cache/ storage/framework/sessions/ storage/framework/views/
chmod 777 bootstrap/cache/
chmod 777 bootstrap/cache/*
chmod 777 storage/logs/laravel.log

```

Note: The last one (laravel.log) does not exist the first time, bun then it is created.

Instead of 777 you could use a more recommended ug+rwx if you first run:
 chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache
 chgrp -R www-data storage storage

where www-data is the web server user, it could be apache or httpd