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Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
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Posted by Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points

Someone saw my .env file with my Laravel APP_KEY. Is that a problem?

Hi, I had a Codementor session with screen sharing and in the process of helping me my mentor saw my .env file which has my APP_KEY.

I don’t really understand what the APP_KEY is for so what I would like to know please, is could any harm be done as a result of it being seen? If yes, what harm could be done? And what should I do now, please?

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