I'm having the same issue after running a composer update, OpenSSL is already enabled on my server though so I'm not sure what the problem is.

For the life of me, I am new w/ Laravel, but I keep running into this same error and can not find ANY resources on how to fix it and what the cause is.

Anyone?

RuntimeException

You need to specify a file path to store the seed.

 $this->logger->info('OpenSSL did not produce a secure random number.');
}
}
// initialize seed
if (null === $this->seed) {
if (null === $this->seedFile) {
throw new \RuntimeException('You need to specify a file path to store the seed.');
}

Hi everybody!,

I just recently install Laravel and had the same problem. As bestmomo did, I enables php_openssl at php.ini, but the problem persists. Any additional suggestion? Thanks in advance ;)

Hi,

You can add a text file like "seed.txt" in bootstrap directory and change line 7877 in bootstrap/compiled.php like that :

$bytes = with(new SecureRandom('seed.txt'))->nextBytes(16);

It'll work because nextBytes method needs a file if open_ssl doesn't work.

juliancoder said:

Hi everybody!,

I just recently install Laravel and had the same problem. As bestmomo did, I enables php_openssl at php.ini, but the problem persists. Any additional suggestion? Thanks in advance ;)

Are you sure you modified the proper php.ini file? Create a phpinfo.php file on your server with

<?php
phpinfo();

then load the page and check if the file listed in Loaded Configuration File is the same as the one you edited. Furthermore, look for the following in the phpinfo(); output.

OpenSSL support	enabled

Hi again tomzx, bestmomo,

sorry, I was wrong, tomzx was right, I just modified another version of php.ini, not the loaded one by Apache, that was the problem. I enabled php_openssl in the correct file and now everything is ok. Thanks for your support!! ;)

Enabling openSSL in php modules corrects this error.

Thank you all boys... It worked !!!

Enabling openSSL in php modules corrects this error.

in file (for windows) "C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\bin\php.ini"

enable the "extension=php_openssl.dll" by deleting ;

Sometimes, php.ini isn't the one wamp suggested to edit php configuration through wamp menu. To make sure which php.ini is loaded, you can use command:

php --ini

To see loaded modules:

php -m

I had this issue and it was because I was using php 5.3.1 and the min required was 5.3.7. All was OK when I upgraded.

/app/config/app.php

Change 'url' =>'http://localhost/laravel/public/

and

'debug' => true